Installing A Cabled Hard Drive - Dell PowerEdge R430 Owner's Manual

Figure 21. Removing and installing a cabled hard drive
1. hard drive
3. release tab

Installing a cabled hard drive

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.
Ensure that you read the
Steps
1. Press the release tab on the hard-drive carrier and slide the carrier out of the system.
2. Install the hard drive into the hard-drive carrier.
3. Insert the hard-drive carrier into the hard-drive slot till it clicks into place.
4. Connect the power/data cable to the hard drive.
• If connecting to the integrated SATA controller (SATA hard drives only), connect the SATA data
cable to the SATA_A-D connector on the system board.
• If connecting to a SAS RAID controller card (SAS or SATA hard drives), connect the data cable to
the connector on the card.
Next steps
1. Follow the procedure listed in
66
Safety instructions.
After working inside your
2. power/data cable
4. hard-drive carrier
system.