Installing The Drive Carrier - Dell EMC PowerEdge XE8545 Installation And Service Manual

CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. For
more information about the drives installation or uninstallation requirements, see the operating system's
user guide.
Steps
1. Press the release button to open the drive carrier release handle.
2. Holding the drive carrier release handle, slide the drive carrier out of the drive slot.
Figure 33. Removing a drive carrier
Next steps
Install the drive carrier or

Installing the drive carrier

Prerequisites
CAUTION: Before removing or installing a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the
storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support drive removal and
insertion.
CAUTION: Combining SAS and SATA drives in the same RAID volume is not supported.
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: When a replacement hot swappable drive is installed while the system is powered on, the drive automatically begins
to rebuild. Ensure that the replacement drive is blank. Any data on the replacement drive is immediately lost once the drive
is installed.
NOTE: Ensure that the drive carrier's release handle is in the open position before inserting the carrier into the slot.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the
2. If installed, remove the front
3. Remove the drive carrier or remove the drive blank when you want to assemble the drives in to the system.
42 Installing and removing system components
drive blank.
Safety instructions
bezel.
on page 23.