Dell POWEREDGE R805 - Removing a Drive Blank; Installing a Drive Blank

Installing System Components 73
NOTE: All installed drives must be either SAS or SATA. Mixed drive configurations
are not supported.
NOTE: It is recommended that you use only drives that have been tested and
approved for use with the SAS/SATA backplane board.
You may need to use different programs than those provided with the
operating system to partition and format SAS or SATA hard drives.
NOTICE: Do not turn off or reboot your system while the drive is being formatted.
Doing so can cause a drive failure.
When you format a hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be
completed. Be aware that high-capacity hard drives can take a number of
hours to format.
Removing a Drive Blank
NOTICE: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have
drive blanks installed. If you remove a hard-drive carrier from the system and do not
reinstall it, you must replace the carrier with a drive blank.
Remove the drive blank as you would the 2.5-inch hard drive carrier:
1 Remove the front bezel, if attached. See
"Removing the Front Bezel" on
page 69
.
2 Open the drive blank release handle to release the blank. See
Figure 3-5 .
3
Slide the drive blank out until it is free of the drive bay.
Installing a Drive Blank
Install the hard drive blank as you would a 2.5-inch hard drive carrier:
1 Remove the front bezel, if attached. See
"Removing the Front Bezel" on
page 69
.
2
Open the handle on the drive blank.
3 Insert the drive blank into the drive bay until the blank is fully seated.
4 Close the handle to lock the blank in place.
5 Replace the front bezel, if it was removed in step 1.