Removing A Hot-Plug Hard Drive - Dell PowerEdge HX574 Hardware Owner's Manual

Removing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive

1 Remove the bezel. See "Removing and Replacing the Optional Front
Bezel" on page 66.
2 From the RAID management software, prepare the drive for removal and
wait until the hard-drive indicators on the drive carrier signal that the
drive can be removed safely. See your SAS RAID controller
documentation for information about hot-plug drive removal.
If the drive has been online, the green activity/fault indicator will flash as
the drive is powered down. When both drive indicators are off, the drive
is ready for removal.
3 Open the drive carrier release handle to release the drive. See
Figure 3-23.
4 Slide the hard drive out until it is free of the drive bay.
5 If you do not replace the hard drive, insert a drive blank in the vacated
drive bay. See "Installing a Drive Blank" on page 109.
NOTICE:
drive blanks installed.
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Installing System Components
To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have