Removing The Drive From The Drive Carrier - Dell EMC PowerEdge R940xa Installation And Service Manual

CAUTION: When installing a drive, ensure that the adjacent drives are fully installed. Inserting a drive carrier and
attempting to lock its handle next to a partially installed carrier can damage the partially installed carrier's shield spring
and make it unusable.
NOTE: Ensure that the drive carrier's release handle is in the open position before inserting the carrier into the slot.
CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the
documentation supplied with your operating system.
CAUTION: When a replacement hot swappable drive is installed and the system is powered on, the drive automatically
begins to rebuild. Ensure that the replacement drive is blank or contains data that you wish to overwrite. Any data on
the replacement drive is immediately lost after the drive is installed.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2. Remove the front bezel.
3. Remove the drive or drive
Steps
1. Insert the drive carrier into the drive slot and slide until the drive connects with the backplane.
NOTE: To open the release handle, press the release button on the front of the drive carrier.
2. Close the drive carrier release handle to lock the drive in place.
Figure 24. Installing the drive carrier
Next steps
1. Replace the front bezel.

Removing the drive from the drive carrier

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2. Follow the procedure listed in
3. Remove the front bezel.
Steps
1. Using a Phillips #1 screwdriver, remove the screws from the slide rails on the drive carrier.
2. Lift the drive out of the drive carrier.
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Safety instructions.
Before working inside your system.