User Guide

Installing System Components 83

Figure 3-4. Removing or Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

Align the hard-drive blank with the drive bay and insert the blank into the

drive bay until the release lever clicks into place.

Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive

CAUTION: Ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive

installation. See the documentation supplied with the operating system.

1 Remove the front bezel. See

"Removing the Front Bezel."

Using the RAID management software, prepare the drive for removal.

Wait until the hard-drive indicators on the drive carrier signal that the

drive can be removed safely.

See your storage controller documentation

for information about hot-swap drive removal.

If the drive has been online, the green

activity/

fault indicator will flash as

the drive is powered down. When the drive indicators are off, the drive is

ready for removal.

3 Press the release button and open the drive carrier release handle to

release the drive. See

Figure 3-5

Slide the hard drive out of the drive bay.

Insert a drive blank in the vacated drive bay. See "Installing a Drive Blank."

1 hard-drive blank 2 latch