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Dell PowerEdge C4130 Owner's Manual

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Installing a 2.5 inch cabled hard drive into the hard drive cage

Prerequisites

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
  2. Keep the Phillips #2 screwdriver ready.
  3. Remove the hard drive cage.
  4. Remove the hard drive cage cover.

NOTE: Systems with NVLink board configuration do not support the optional 2.5 inch hard drive cage.

NOTE: If you are installing four hard drives, ensure that you install hard drives 3/D and 2/C before you install hard drives 1/F and 0/E.

NOTE: If you are installing two hard drives, install hard drives 1/F and 0/E.

NOTE: To maintain proper system cooling, a minimum of 2 hard drives must be installed in hard drive slots 0/E and 1/F.

Steps

  1. To install hard drives 3/D and 2/C, perform the following steps:
    1. Slide hard drive 3/D into the hard drive cage.
    2. Lower hard drive 2/C into the hard drive cage.
    3. Secure the hard drives to the hard drive cage by using the screws.
    4. Connect the power/signal cable to the hard drives.
    5. Route the cables through the cable routing clip on the hard drive cage.
    Figure 1. Installing a 2.5 inch cabled hard drive (hard drive 2/C and hard drive 3/D) from the hard drive cage
    This figure shows installing a 2.5 inch cabled hard drive (hard drive 2/C and hard drive 3/D) from the hard drive cage
    1. screw (8)
    2. hard drive cage
    3. cable routing clip
    4. power cable
    5. signal cable
    6. hard drive 2/C
    7. hard drive 3/D
  2. To install hard drives 1/F and 0/E, perform the following steps:
    1. Slide hard drive 1/F into the hard drive cage.
    2. Lower hard drive 0/E into the hard drive cage.
    3. Secure the hard drives to the hard drive cage by using the screws.
    4. Connect the power/signal cable to the hard drives.
    Figure 2. Installing a 2.5 inch cabled hard drive (hard drive 0/E and hard drive 1/F) from the hard drive cage
    This figure shows installing a 2.5 inch cabled hard drive (hard drive 0/E and hard drive 1/F) from the hard drive cage.
    1. hard drive 1/F
    2. power and signal cable connector (2)
    3. power and signal cable connector on hard drive
    4. hard drive 0/E
    5. screw (8)
    6. hard drive cage

Next steps

  1. Install the 2.5 inch hard drive cage cover.
  2. Install the hard drive cage into the hard drive cage slot.
  3. Connect the power/signal cables to the system board.
  4. Follow the procedure listed in after working inside your system.
  5. Enter System Setup and ensure that the hard drive's controller is enabled.
  6. Exit the System Setup program and reboot the system.
  7. Install any software required for the hard drive operation as described in the documentation for the hard drive.

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