Removing A Hot-Plug Scsi Hard Drive; Installing A Hot-Plug Scsi Hard Drive - Dell PowerEdge 850 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

6. Install the bezel. See "Installing the
7. Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached peripherals.
8. Install any required SCSI device drivers.
9. Run the SCSI controllers tests and the hard-drive tests in the system diagnostics. See
If the hard drive fails the hard-drive tests or does not operate properly, see
Hot-Plug SCSI Hard Drives
Systems with an optional SCSI backplane board and an optional SCSI RAID controller card support up to four hot-plug hard drives. The hard drives plug into
the SCSI backplane board, which is connected to channel A on the optional SCSI RAID controller card (see Figure 7-12). For instructions on installing the
optional SCSI backplane board, see
Figure 7-12. Hot-Plug SCSI Hard Drives Connected to a SCSI RAID Controller Card

Removing a Hot-Plug SCSI Hard Drive

NOTICE: Not all operating systems support hot-plug drive installation. See the operating system documentation to confirm that the operating system
supports this feature.
1. Remove the bezel. See "Removing the
2. Take the hard drive offline and wait until the hard-drive indicator codes on the drive carrier signal that the drive can be removed safely. See
for a list of hard-drive indicator codes.
If the drive has been online, the drive status indicator will blink green 2 times per second as the drive is powered down. When all indicators are off, the
drive is ready for removal.
See your operating system documentation for more information on taking the hard drive offline.
3. Open the hard-drive carrier handle to release the drive. See Figure 7-11.
4. Slide the hard drive out until it is free of the drive bay.

Installing a Hot-Plug SCSI Hard Drive

1. Remove the bezel. See "Removing the
2. Open the hard-drive carrier handle. See Figure 7-11.
NOTICE: Do not insert a hard-drive carrier and attempt to lock its handle next to a partially installed carrier. Doing so can damage the partially installed
carrier's shield spring and make it unusable. Ensure that the adjacent drive carrier is fully installed.
Bezel" in "Troubleshooting Your System."
"Installing the Optional SCSI Backplane
Bezel" in "Troubleshooting Your System."
Bezel" in "Troubleshooting Your System."
"Running the System
"Getting Help."
Board."
Diagnostics."
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