Installing A Hard Drive/Ssd; Shutdown Procedure For Servicing A Hard Drive/Ssd; Configuring The Boot Drive; Removing A Hard Drive/Ssd From A Hard-Drive/Ssd Carrier - Dell PowerEdge M820 Owner's Manual

Installing A Hard Drive/SSD

CAUTION: When a replacement hot-swappable hard drive/SSD is installed and the blade is powered on, the hard
drive automatically begins to rebuild. Make absolutely sure that the replacement hard drive/SSD is blank or
contains data that you wish to have over-written. Any data on the replacement hard drive/SSD is immediately lost
after the hard drive/SSD is installed.
NOTE: Not all operating systems support hot-swappable drive installation. See the documentation supplied with
your operating system.
1. Open the hard-drive/SSD carrier handle.
2. Insert the hard-drive/SSD carrier into the drive bay. Align the channel on the hard-drive/SSD carrier with the
appropriate drive slot on the blade.
3. Push the hard-drive/SSD carrier into the slot until the carrier connects with the hard-drive/PDIe SSD backplane.
4. Rotate the hard-drive/SSD handle to the closed position while pushing the hard-drive/SSD into the slot until it locks
into place.
The status LED indicator lights green if the drive is installed correctly. The hard-drive/SSD carrier LED indicator
flashes green as the drive rebuilds.

Shutdown Procedure For Servicing a Hard Drive/SSD

This section applies only to situations where the blade must be powered down to service a hard drive/SSD. In many
situations, the hard drive/SSD can be serviced while the blade is powered on.
CAUTION: If you need to power off the blade to service a hard drive/SSD, wait 30 seconds after the blade's power
indicator turns off before removing the hard drive/SSD. Otherwise, the hard drive/SSD may not be recognized after
it is reinstalled and the blade is powered on again.

Configuring The Boot Drive

The drive or device from which the system boots is determined by the boot order specified in the System Setup.

Removing A Hard Drive/SSD From A Hard-Drive/SSD Carrier

1. Remove the four screws from the slide rails on the hard-drive/SSD carrier.
2. Lift the hard drive/SSD out of the hard-drive/SSD carrier.
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