Removing a drive
Prerequisites
- Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
- Reference this Dell R240 video for detailed instructions: https://www.dell.com/support/contents/en-ag/videos/videoplayer/poweredge-r240-removeinstall-cold-swap-hard-drive-and-carrier/6079793985001
- Print reference: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/poweredge-r240/per240_ism_pub/about-this-document?guid=guid-2013e778-3eea-4803-8de6-b621c3666aac&lang=en-us
Step 1: Shutdown appliance via the UI
- [Animated Tutorial] How to Shutdown the Appliance
- disconnect the power cable from the rear of the appliance
Step 2: Remove the unit from the rack (optional if removing the cover while racked is not possible):
- Remove the front bezel
- unbolt the unit from the rack by lifting the bezel cover and removing the rack screws
- slide the server out of the rail kit, bend the tab out to release the peg
Step 3: Remove then replace disk
- remove the single cover screw (if present)
- Open the case cover using the handle and remove the cover
- Identify the drive, remove SATA cable from the back
- Press down on the release tab, push the drive out the front
- Replace new drive into drive carrier
- Push drive carrier back in until release tab clicks
- Plug in SATA cable
Step 4: Reconnect bezel on appliance and power on
- Reinstall front bezel
- Press power button to restart appliance.
Step 5: Rebuild disk into raid
- Notify support that the drive is replaced for support to start rebuild of disk.
This model line currently does not auto-rebuild the disk on detection.