Hard drives, Hard-drive installation guidelines, Installing a hard drive – Dell PowerEdge M600 User Manual

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Installing Blade Components

12 To test the newly installed battery, remove the blade for at least an hour.

See "Removing a Blade" on page 96.

13 After an hour, reinstall the blade. See "Installing a Blade" on page 98.
14 Enter the System Setup program and if the time and date are still

incorrect, see "Getting Help" on page 217 for instructions about obtaining
technical assistance.

Hard Drives

The PowerEdge M805 and M905 blades support one or two hot-pluggable
2.5 inch SAS hard drives.

The PowerEdge M600 and M605 blades support one or two hot-pluggable
2.5-inch SATA hard drives and one or two 2.5 inch SAS hard drives.

NOTE:

SAS and SATA hard drives cannot be mixed within a blade.

NOTE:

SATA hard drives are not hot pluggable with the SATA repeater

daughter card.

Hard-Drive Installation Guidelines

If a SATA RAID controller storage card is installed, the blade supports hot-
plug drive removal and installation.

If only one hard drive is used, a blank must be installed to maintain proper
cooling.

Installing a Hard Drive

NOTICE:

When a replacement hot-pluggable hard drive is installed and the blade

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.

NOTICE:

Not all operating systems support hot-plug drive installation. See the

documentation supplied with your operating system.

1 Open the hard-drive carrier handle. See Figure 3-24.

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