Installing A Hard Drive - Dell PowerEdge 700 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

Installing a Hard Drive

1. Unpack the drive (and controller card, if applicable), and prepare the drive for installation.
For instructions, see the documentation that accompanied the drive.
2. Install the hard drive in the hard-drive bay:
a. Slide the drive into the drive bay with the back of the drive toward the back of the drive bay.
b. Install the screws that secure the drive in the drive bay.
3. Install the hard-drive bay (see
a. Slide the drive bay into the system until the drive bay contacts the system.
b. Install the four screws that secure the drive bay in the system.
NOTICE: To prevent damage to internal system components, ensure that a connector cap is installed on each available power connector that is not
connected to a hard drive.
4. Connect a power cable to each hard drive. See
5. Connect the hard-drive interface cables to each hard drive. To identify the system board connectors, see Figure A-3.
If you are installing up to two SATA drives, connect the interface cables from SATA_PORT0 and SATA_PORT1 on the system board to drive 0 and drive 1,
respectively. See Figure 7-7.
Figure 7-7. Connecting Two SATA Hard Drives to the Integrated Drive Controller
Figure 7-5 and Figure 7-6):
Figure 7-5 and Figure 7-6.