Removing And Installing A Scsi Hard-Disk Drive; Removing A Scsi Hard-Disk Drive; Installing A Scsi Hard-Disk Drive; With The System Running - Dell PowerEdge 4200 Series User Manual

Removing and Installing a SCSI Hard-
Disk Drive
The following subsections describe how to remove or
install SCSI hard-disk drive carriers in the computer's
internal drive bays.

Removing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive

Remove a SCSI hard-disk drive from an internal drive
bay as follows:
1. If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
host adapter card is not installed in the system,
turn off the system.
2. Release the carrier by pulling down the plastic
drive handle. Slide the carrier toward you until it
is free of the drive bay.

Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive

Install a SCSI hard-disk drive in an internal drive bay as
follows:
1. If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
host adapter card is not installed in the computer,
turn off the system.
2. Position the drive with its carrier side down and
insert it, connector end first, into the bay (see Fig-
ure 6-2).
3. Holding the drive carrier by its sides, slide the
drive into the bay.
4. When the pins on the drive-carrier handle con-
tact the drive bay, lift the handle to draw the
drive carrier into the bay and lock the drive in
place.
5. Install any required SCSI device drivers.
See Chapter 3, "Installing and Configuring SCSI
Drivers," for information.
6. Test the SCSI devices.
Run the SCSI Devices Test Group in the system
diagnostics. See Chapter 5, "Running the System
Diagnostics," in the Installation and Troubleshoot-
ing Guide for information.

Figure 6-2. Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive

Removing and Installing a SCSI Hard-
Disk Drive With the System Running
If the PowerEdge 4200 system has a PowerEdge Expand-
able RAID Controller host adapter card installed and
connected to the SCSI backplane board, you can remove and
insert SCSI hard-disk drives while the system is running.
Before attempting to remove or insert a drive while the
system is running, see the documentation for the Power-
Edge Expandable RAID Controller host adapter card to
ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to
support drive removal and insertion.
CAUTION: Removing and installing SCSI hard-
disk drives with the system running is not
supported for systems without a PowerEdge Expand-
able RAID Controller host adapter card. Removing a
drive in this situation will result in a loss of data.
S
CSI Hard-Disk Drive Indicator Patterns
The three light-emitting diode (LED) indicators adjacent
to each of the six SCSI hard-disk drive bays provide
information on the status of the SCSI hard-disk drives.
The SCSI backplane board firmware controls the drive
online and drive failure indicators, while the drive activ-
ity indicator is usually controlled by the drive itself.
Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives
pins (2)
handle
6-3