Hard Drives; Supported Hard Drive Configurations; Removing A 3.5-Inch Hot Swappable Hard Drive Carrier Blank - Dell E33S001 Owner's Manual

Hard drives

Your system supports entry hard drives and enterprise class hard drives. Entry hard drives are designed for 5x8 operating environment with
less workload rating to drives, and enterprise class drives are designed for 24x7 operating environment. Selecting the correct drive class
enables optimization of the critical areas of quality, functionality, performance, and reliability for the target implementation.
NOTE: Do not mix enterprise class drives with entry hard drives.
Choosing the right drive type depends on the usage pattern. Improper use of entry hard drives (workload rating that exceeds 55 TB/year)
leads to significant risk and increases the failure rate of the drives.
For more information about these hard drives, see the 512e and 4Kn Disk Formats white paper and 4K Sector HDD FAQ document at
Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
CAUTION: Before removing or installing a hot swappable hard drive, read the storage controller card documentation to ensure
that the host adapter is configured to support hot swappable hard drive removal and installation.
CAUTION: Do not turn off or restart your system while the hard drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a hard drive failure.
Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard drive backplane.
When you format a hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be completed. Be aware that high-capacity hard drives can take
several hours to format.

Supported hard drive configurations

Depending on the configuration, your system supports one of the following:
Two hard drive Up to two 3.5-inch cabled hard drives
systems
Four hard drive Up to four 3.5-inch hot swappable SATA hard drives, or SATA solid state drives
systems
Up to four 3.5-inch cabled hard drives
Up to four 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drives with 3.5-inch hard drive adapters
NOTE: SAS/SATA hard drives cannot be mixed in a system.
The hot swappable hard drives connect to the system board through the hard drive backplane. Hot swappable hard drives are supplied in
hot swappable hard drive carriers that fit in the hard drive slots.

Removing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier blank

Prerequisites
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: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive slots must have drive carrier blanks installed.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.
2 If installed, remove the front bezel.
68 Installing and removing system components