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

Installing A Hard Drive/PCIe SSD

CAUTION: When a replacement hot-swappable hard drive/PCIe SSD is installed and the blade is powered on, the
hard drive automatically begins to rebuild. Make absolutely sure that the replacement hard drive/PCIe SSD is blank
or contains data that you wish to have over-written. Any data on the replacement hard drive/PCIe SSD is
immediately lost after the hard drive/PCIe 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/PCIe SSD carrier handle.
2. Insert the hard-drive/PCIe SSD carrier into the drive bay. Align the channel on the hard-drive/PCIe SSD carrier with
the appropriate drive slot on the blade.
3. Push the hard-drive/PCIe SSD carrier into the slot until the carrier connects with the hard-drive/PCIe SSD
backplane.
4. Rotate the hard-drive/PCIe SSD handle to the closed position while pushing the hard-drive/PCIe SSD into the slot
until it locks into place.
The status LED indicator lights green if the drive is installed correctly. The hard-drive/PCIe SSD carrier LED
indicator flashes green as the drive rebuilds.

Shutdown Procedure For Servicing A Hard Drive/PCIe SSD

This section applies only to situations where the blade must be powered down to service a hard drive/PCIe SSD. In
many situations, the hard drive/PCIe SSD can be serviced while the blade is powered on.
CAUTION: If you need to power off the blade to service a hard drive/PCIe SSD, wait 30 seconds after the blade's
power indicator turns off before removing the hard drive/PCIe SSD. Otherwise, the hard drive/PCIe 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/PCIe SSD From A Hard-Drive/PCIe SSD Carrier

1. Remove the four screws from the slide rails on the hard-drive/PCIe SSD carrier.
2. Lift the hard drive/PCIe SSD out of the hard-drive/PCIe SSD carrier.
32