Installing Hard Drives In A Storage System; Installing Hard Drives In An Sc200/Sc220 Expansion Enclosure - Dell SC4020 Deployment Manual

Installing Hard Drives in a Storage System

The SC4020 storage system is shipped with the drives installed. Empty drive blanks are inserted in any
unused slots.
Prerequisites
Use these instructions if you have purchased new hard drives for your SC4020 storage system.
About this task
For reference only, the following instructions describe the installation of a Dell Enterprise Plus hard drive.
Figure 35. Installing Dell Enterprise Plus Hard Drives in a Storage System
Steps
1. Remove the empty drive blank.
2. Open the hard drive carrier handle and insert the carrier into the hard drive slot.
Start on the left side of the storage system with slot 0 and install drives from left to right.
3. Slide the drive into the slot until the hard drive carrier makes contact with the backplane.
4. Close the hard drive carrier handle to lock the hard drive in place.
5. Continue to push firmly until you hear a click and the hard drive carrier handle fully engages.
6. Insert drive blanks into any open slots in the chassis.
All of the drive slots in the storage system must be filled with a drive or drive blank.
Installing Hard Drives in an SC200/SC220 Expansion
Enclosure
An SC200/SC220 expansion enclosure is shipped with drives installed and empty drive blanks are inserted
in the unused slots.
About this task
The following instructions describe the installation of Dell Enterprise Plus hard drives for reference only.
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