Installation and Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R250 Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- About this document
- PowerEdge R250 system overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Minimum to POST and system management configuration validation
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Optional optical drive
- Air shroud
- Cooling fans
- Intrusion switch
- Drive backplane
- Drives
- Cable routing
- System memory
- Processor and heat sink
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Optional IDSDM module
- MicroSD card
- Optional BOSS S1 card
- PERC
- System battery
- Optional internal USB card
- Power supply unit
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Figure 30. Removing a drive carrier
Next steps
Install a drive carrier or drive blank.
Installing the drive carrier
Prerequisites
CAUTION:
Before removing or installing a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the
storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support drive removal and
insertion.
CAUTION: Combining SAS and SATA drives in the same RAID volume is not supported.
CAUTION: When installing a drive, ensure that the adjacent drives are fully installed. Inserting a drive carrier
and attempting to lock its handle next to a partially installed carrier can damage the partially installed carrier's
shield spring and make it unusable.
CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the
documentation supplied with your operating system.
CAUTION: When a replacement hot swappable drive is installed and the system is powered on, the drive
automatically begins to rebuild. Ensure that the replacement drive is blank or contains data that you wish to
overwrite. Any data on the replacement drive is immediately lost after the drive is installed.
NOTE: Ensure the release handle on the drive carrier is in the open position before inserting the carrier into the slot.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
2. If installed, remove the front bezel.
3. Remove the drive carrier or remove the drive blank when you want to assemble the drives in to the system.
Steps
1. Slide the drive carrier into the drive slot.
2. Close the drive carrier release handle to lock the drive in place.
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Installing and removing system components