Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R940xa Installation and Service Manual
- About this document
- PowerEdge R940xa system overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel
- Drives
- System cover
- Support bar
- Cooling fans
- Cooling fan assembly
- Optional USB 3.0 module
- Optional optical drive
- Control panel
- Air shroud
- NVDIMM-N battery
- Drive backplane
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing the expansion card riser
- Installing the expansion card riser
- Removing the expansion card from the riser
- Installing the expansion card in the riser
- Removing the expansion card from the system board
- Installing the expansion card on the system board
- GPU card installation guidelines
- Removing the GPU
- Installing the GPU
- M.2 SSD module
- Optional IDSDM or vFlash module
- Network daughter card
- System battery
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Power supply units
- Power interposer board
- Trusted Platform Module
- System board
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Installing the drive carrier
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Before removing or installing 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: 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.
NOTE: Ensure that the drive carrier's release handle is in the open position before inserting the carrier into the slot.
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.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2. Remove the front bezel.
3. Remove the drive or drive blank.
Steps
1. Insert the drive carrier into the drive slot and slide until the drive connects with the backplane.
NOTE: To open the release handle, press the release button on the front of the drive carrier.
2. Close the drive carrier release handle to lock the drive in place.
Figure 24. Installing the drive carrier
Next steps
1. Replace the front bezel.
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Installing and removing system components