Owners Manual

Removing a 3.5 Inch Physical-Drive Blank

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive slots must have drive blanks

installed.

1. If installed, remove the front bezel.

2. Press the release button and slide the physical-drive blank out until it is free from the physical-drive

slot.

Figure 10. Removing and Installing a 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank (MD3400 only)

1. physical-drive blank 2. release button

Installing a 3.5 Inch Physical-Drive Blank

1. If installed, remove the front bezel.

2. Insert the physical-drive blank into the physical-drive slot until the release button clicks into place.

3. If applicable, install the front bezel.

Removing a Hot-Swap Physical Drive

CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive

installation. See the documentation supplied with your operating system.

1. From the management software, prepare the physical drive for removal. Wait until the indicators on

the physical-drive carrier signal that the physical drive can be removed safely. For more information,

see the documentation for the storage controller.

If the physical drive is online, the green activity/fault indicator flashes as the drive is turned off. When

the physical-drive indicators are off, the physical drive is ready for removal.

2. Press the release button to open the physical-drive carrier release handle.

3. Slide the physical-drive carrier out until it is free of the physical-drive slot.

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty physical-drive slots must have

physical-drive blanks installed.

4. Insert a physical-drive blank in the empty physical-drive slot.