Removing A Hard-Drive Blank; Installing A Hard-Drive Blank - Dell PowerVault DL2100 Hardware Owner's Manual

CAUTION:
Do not turn off or reboot your system while the drive is being formatted.
Doing so can cause a drive failure.
NOTE:
Use only drives that have been tested and approved for use with the SAS
backplane board.
When you format a hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be
completed. Be aware that high-capacity hard drives can take a number of
hours to format.

Removing a Hard-Drive Blank

CAUTION:
To maintain proper system cooling, you must install drive blanks in all
empty hard-drive bays.
1 Remove the front bezel. See "Removing the Front Bezel."
2 Grasp the front of the hard-drive blank, press the release lever on the
right side, and slide the blank out until it is free of the drive bay. See
Figure 3-5.
Figure 3-5. Removing and Installing the Hard Drive Blank
1 3.5-in hard drive blank

Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

Align the hard-drive blank with the drive bay and insert the blank into the
drive bay until the release lever clicks into place.
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2
2 release latch
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