Dell PowerEdge R360 Installation and Service Manual
Installing a drive carrier
Prerequisites
CAUTION:Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support drive removal and insertion.
CAUTION:Mixing drives from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.
CAUTION:Combining SAS and SATA drives in the same RAID volume is not supported.
CAUTION:When installing a drive, ensure that the adjacent drives are installed correctly. Inserting a drive carrier and attempting to lock its handle next to an incorrectly installed carrier can damage the incorrectly installed carrier's shield spring, making it unusable.
CAUTION:To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports
hot-swap drive installation. See the documentation supplied with your
operating system.
NOTE:When a replacement hot swappable drive is installed while the system is powered on, the drive automatically begins to rebuild. Ensure that the replacement drive is blank. Any data on the replacement drive is immediately lost once the drive is installed.
- Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
- Follow the procedure listed in Before working on your system.
- If installed, remove the hard drive blank.
Steps
- Press the release button on the front of the drive carrier to open the release handle.
- Insert and slide the drive carrier into the drive slot.
- Close the drive carrier release handle until it clicks in place.
NOTE:The numbers on the image do not depict the exact steps. The numbers are for representation of sequence.
Figure 1. Installing a drive carrier 
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