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CAUTION:
To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the documentation
supplied with your operating system.
CAUTION:
Do not keep the drive drawer open for more than three minutes.
CAUTION:
When a replacement hot-swappable hard drive is installed and the system is powered on, the hard drive automatically
begins to rebuild. Make absolutely sure that the replacement hard drive is blank or contains data that you wish to have over-
written. Any data on the replacement hard drive is immediately lost after the hard drive is installed.
NOTE:
If the replacement hard drive/SSD is an online drive that is migrated from another system, it is detected as Foreign in the
PERC BIOS Configuration utility. You can import the existing configuration or clear the data from the drive. For more information
on foreign configuration, see the
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Ensure that you read the
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Open the drive drawer.
Steps
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Align the drive rails with the standoffs in the drive slot, with:
a
the connector side of the hard drive/SSD facing up, for even-numbered drive slots.
b the connector side of the hard drive/SSD facing down, for odd-numbered drive slots.
Figure 26. Hard drive/SSD assembly orientation for even and odd-numbered slots
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hard drive/SSD assembly orientation for even numbered
slots (with connector side of drive facing up)
Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 9 User's Guide at dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.
Safety
instructions.
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storage sled
Installing and removing storage sled components
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