Removing A 3.5 Inch Physical-Drive Blank; Installing A 3.5 Inch Physical-Drive Blank; Removing A Hot-Swap Physical Drive - Dell PowerVault MD3800f Owner's Manual

Removing a 3.5 Inch Physical-Drive Blank

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive slots must have drive blanks
installed.
1. If installed, remove the front bezel.
2. Press the release button and slide the physical-drive blank out until it is free from the physical-drive
slot.
Figure 12. Removing and Installing a 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank (MD3800f only)
1. physical-drive blank

Installing a 3.5 Inch Physical-Drive Blank

1. If installed, remove the front bezel.
2. Insert the physical-drive blank into the physical-drive slot until the release button clicks into place.
3. If applicable, install the front bezel.

Removing a Hot-Swap Physical Drive

CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive
installation. See the documentation supplied with your operating system.
1. From the management software, prepare the physical drive for removal. Wait until the indicators on
the physical-drive carrier signal that the physical drive can be removed safely. For more information,
see the documentation for the storage controller.
If the physical drive is online, the green activity/fault indicator flashes as the drive is turned off. When
the physical-drive indicators are off, the physical drive is ready for removal.
2. Press the release button to open the physical-drive carrier release handle.
3. Slide the physical-drive carrier out until it is free of the physical-drive slot.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty physical-drive slots must have
physical-drive blanks installed.
4. Insert a physical-drive blank in the empty physical-drive slot.
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2. release button