Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge R730 Owner's Manual
- Contents
- Dell PowerEdge R730 system overview
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel (optional)
- System cover
- Inside the system
- Cooling shroud
- Cooling fans
- Cooling fan assembly
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- PCIe card holder
- Cable retention bracket
- Integrated storage controller card
- Expansion cards and expansion card riser
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing an expansion card from expansion card riser 2 or 3
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser 2 or 3
- Removing an expansion card from the expansion card riser 1
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser 1
- Removing the riser 1 blank
- Installing the riser 1 blank
- Removing expansion card risers
- Installing expansion card risers
- GPU card installation guidelines
- Removing the GPU card
- Installing a GPU card
- IDSDM
- Network daughter card
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- System battery
- Power supply units (PSU)
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Hard drives
- Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a hot swappable hard drive or solid state drive
- Installing a hot swappable hard drive or solid state drive
- Removing a hard drive or a solid state drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a hard drive or solid state drives into a hard drive carrier
- Removing a 1.8-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a 1.8-inch hard drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive into a hard drive carrier
- Hard drive backplane
- Tape backup unit (optional)
- Optical drive (optional)
- SD vFlash card (optional)
- Control panel assembly
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct - USB XML configuration
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct - Laptop connection
- Troubleshooting a serial input and output device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting a micro SD card
- Troubleshooting an optical drive
- Troubleshooting a tape backup unit
- Troubleshooting a drive or SSD
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- System messages
- Getting help
Steps
Insert the hard drive blank into the hard drive slot until the release button clicks into place.
Figure 87. Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
a. hard drive blank
Next steps
If applicable, install the front bezel.
Related references
Safety instructions on page 66
Related tasks
Removing the optional front bezel on page 68
Installing the optional front bezel on page 69
Removing a hot swappable hard drive or solid state drive
Prerequisites
CAUTION:
Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by
your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
3. If applicable, remove the bezel.
4. If applicable, remove the system cover to remove hot-swappable drives inside your system.
5. Using the management software, prepare the hard drive for removal. If the hard drive is online, the green activity or fault
indicator flashes while the drive is turning off. When the hard drive indicators are off, the hard drive is ready for removal.
For more information, see the documentation for the storage controller.
CAUTION:
To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the
documentation supplied with your operating system.
Steps
1. Press the release button to open the hard drive or SSD carrier release handle.
2. Slide the hard drive or SSD carrier out of the hard drive slot.
CAUTION:
To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive or SSD slots must have hard drive or SSD
blanks installed.
3. If you are not replacing the hard drive or SSD immediately, insert a hard drive or SSD blank in the empty hard drive slot.
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Installing and removing system components