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Dell PowerEdge VRTX Enclosure Owner's Manual

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Installing a hard drive or solid state drives into a hard drive carrier

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Insert the hard drive into the hard drive carrier with the connector end of the hard drive toward the back of the carrier.
  2. Align the screw holes on the hard drive with the screws holes on the hard drive carrier.
    When aligned correctly, the back of the hard drive is flush with the back of the hard drive carrier.
  3. Attach the screws to secure the hard drive to the hard drive carrier.
    Figure 1. Installing a hard drive into a hard drive carrier
    This figure shows installing a hard drive into a hard drive carrier.
    • 1. screw (4)
    • 2. hard drive
    • 3. hard drive carrier

Next steps

Install the hot swappable hard drive carrier.

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