Owners Manual

Figure 21. Installing Dell Enterprise Hard Drives in a Storage System

Steps

1. Remove the empty drive blank.

2. Open the hard drive carrier handle and insert the carrier into the hard drive slot.

Start on the left side of the storage system with slot 0 and install drives from left to right.

3. Slide the drive into the slot until the hard drive carrier makes contact with the backplane.

4. Close the hard drive carrier handle to lock the hard drive in place.

5. Continue to push firmly until you hear a click and the hard drive carrier handle fully engages.

6. Insert drive blanks into any open slots in the chassis.

All of the drive slots in the storage system must be filled with a drive or drive blank.

Replacing the Storage Controller Battery

Each storage controller contains a hot-swappable battery. The battery supplies enough emergency

power to back up vital information in the event of AC power loss.

Prerequisites

Use SupportAssist to send diagnostic data to Dell Technical Support Services.

About this task

Storage controller batteries can be replaced without shutting down the storage system.

Steps

1. Press the release tab and then slide the battery out of the storage controller.

Replacing SCv2000/SCv2020 Storage System Components