Drives; Removing A Drive Blank; Installing A Drive Blank - Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 Installation And Service Manual

Drives

Removing a drive blank

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the
2. Remove the front bezel.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, drive blanks must be installed in all empty drive slots.
CAUTION: Mixing drive blanks from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.
Steps
Press the release button, and slide the drive blank out of the drive slot.
Figure 19. Removing a drive blank
Next steps
1. If applicable, replace the blank

Installing a drive blank

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the
2. Remove the front bezel.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, drive blanks must be installed in all empty drive slots.
CAUTION: Mixing drive blanks from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.
Steps
Insert the drive blank into the drive slot, and push the blank until the release button clicks into place.
26 Installing and removing system components
Safety instructions.
or install a drive.
Safety instructions.