Dell PowerEdge R940 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 fully installed. Inserting
a drive carrier and attempting to lock its handle next to a partially
installed carrier can damage the partially installed carrier's shield
spring and make 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.
CAUTION:When a replacement hot swappable drive is installed and the system is powered on, the drive automatically
begins to rebuild. Ensure that the replacement drive is blank or contains
data that you wish to overwrite. Any data on the replacement drive
is immediately lost after the drive is installed.
Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
- If installed, remove the drive blank.
Steps
- Press the release button on the front of the drive carrier to open the release handle.
- Insert the drive carrier into the drive slot and slide until the drive connects with the backplane.
- Close the drive carrier release handle to lock the drive in place.
Figure 1. Installing a drive carrier 
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