Hard Drives; Removing A Hard Drive - Dell EMC PowerEdge R6400 Installation And Service Manual

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Next step
Follow the procedure listed in
NOTE: To add the Service Tag of the system board to match the Service Tag of the physical node, contact Dell Technical
Support.

Hard drives

Hard drives are supplied in hot swappable hard drive carriers that fit in the hard drive slots.
CAUTION: Before attempting to remove or install a hard drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the storage
controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly.
CAUTION: Do not turn off or restart your system while a hard drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a hard drive failure.
When you format a hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to complete. Be aware that high-capacity hard drives can take a long
time to format.

Removing a hard drive

Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2 Using the management software, prepare the hard drive for removal.
If the hard drive is online, the green activity or fault indicator flashes while the drive is turning off. When the hard drive indicators are
off, the hard drive is ready for removal. For more information, see the documentation for the storage controller.
40 Installing and removing enclosure components
After working inside your system.
Safety instructions.