Removing And Installing A Scsi Hard-Disk Drive; Removing A Scsi Hard-Disk Drive; Installing A Scsi Hard-Disk Drive; Removing And Installing A Scsi Hard-Disk Drive With The System Running - Dell 6100 User Manual

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emoving and Installing a SCSI
Hard-Disk Drive
The following subsections describe how to remove or
install SCSI hard-disk drive carriers in the computer's
internal drive bays.

Removing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive

Remove a SCSI hard-disk drive from an internal drive
bay as follows:
1. If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
host adapter card is not installed in the system,
turn off the system.
If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller host
adapter card is installed in the system, see "Removing
and Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive With the Sys-
tem Running" later in this chapter.
2. Release the carrier by pulling down the plastic
drive handle. Slide the carrier toward you until it
is free of the drive bay.
Make sure the keylock is unlocked so that the hard-
disk drive is not locked in place (see Figure 6-2).
When the drive is in use, you may want to use the
keylock to prevent accidental or unauthorized
removal.

Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive

Install a SCSI hard-disk drive in an internal drive bay as
follows:
1. If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
host adapter card is not installed in the computer,
turn off the system.
If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller host
adapter card is installed in the system, see "Remov-
ing and Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive With the
System Running" later in this chapter.
2. Position the drive with its carrier side down, and
insert it, connector end first, into the bay (Fig-
ure 6-2).
3. Holding the drive carrier by its sides, slide the
drive into the bay.
4. When the pins on the drive carrier handle contact
the drive bay, lift the handle to draw the drive
carrier into the bay and lock the drive in place.
Figure 6-2. Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive
5. Install any required SCSI device drivers.
See Chapter 3, "Installing and Configuring SCSI
Drivers," for information.
6. Test the SCSI devices.
Run the SCSI Devices Test Group in the system
diagnostics. See Chapter 5, "Running the System
Diagnostics," in the Installation and Troubleshoot-
ing Guide for information.
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emoving and Installing a SCSI
Hard-Disk Drive With the System
Running
If the PowerEdge 6100 system has a PowerEdge Expand-
able RAID Controller host adapter card installed and
connected to the SCSI backplane board and if the hard-
disk drives are in a redundant array, you can remove and
insert SCSI hard-disk drives while the system is running.
Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives
pins (2)
handle
hard-disk drive
keylock
6-3