Installing a hot-swap physical drive – Dell PowerVault MD3820f User Manual
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Figure 13. Removing and Installing a Hot-Swap Physical Drive
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release button
2.
physical drive
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physical-drive carrier handle
Installing a Hot-Swap Physical Drive
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.
CAUTION: Use only physical drives that have been tested and approved for use with the physical-
drive backplane.
CAUTION: Combining SAS and SATA physical drives in the same RAID volume is not supported.
CAUTION: When installing a physical drive, ensure that the adjacent drives are fully installed.
Inserting a physical-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 hard drive is installed and the system is powered
on, the hard drive automatically begins to rebuild. Make absolutely sure that the replacement
hard drive is blank or contains data that you wish to have over-written. Any data on the
replacement hard drive is immediately lost after the hard drive is installed.
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If a physical-drive blank is installed in the physical-drive slot, remove it.
2. Install a physical drive in the physical-drive carrier.
3. Press the release button on the front of the physical-drive carrier and open the physical-drive carrier
handle.
4. Insert the physical-drive carrier into the physical-drive slot until the carrier connects with the
backplane.
5. Close the physical-drive carrier handle to lock the physical drive in place.
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