Filter
Top Products
Installing Drives in the Internal Bays 10-3
Removing and Installing a SCSI
Hard-Disk Drive
The following subsections describe how to remove or
install SCSI hard-disk drive carriers in the computer’s
internal drive bays.
Removing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive
Remove a SCSI hard-disk drive from an internal drive
bay as follows:
1. If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
host adapter card is not installed in the computer,
turn off the system.
If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller host
adapter card is installed in the computer, see
“Removing and Inserting a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive
With the System Running” later in this section.
2. Release the carrier by pulling down the plastic
drive handle. Slide the carrier toward you until it
is free of the drive bay.
Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive
Install a SCSI hard-disk drive in an internal drive bay as
follows:
1. If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
host adapter card is not installed in the computer,
turn off the system.
If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller host
adapter card is installed in the computer, see
“Removing and Inserting a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive
With the System Running” later in this section.
2. Position the drive with its carrier side down and
insert it, connector end first, into the bay (see Fig-
ure 10-2).
3. Holding the drive carrier by its sides, slide the
drive into the bay.
4. When the pins on the drive carrier handle contact
the drive bay, lift the handle to draw the drive
carrier into the bay and lock the drive in place.
There is space available on the carrier for labelling
purposes if needed.
5. Install any required SCSI device drivers.
See Chapter 3, “Installing and Configuring SCSI
Drivers,” in the system User’s Guide for
information.
6. Test the SCSI devices.
Run the SCSI Devices Test Group in the system
diagnostics. See Chapter 5, “Running the System
Diagnostics.”
Figure 10-2. Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive
Carrier
Removing and Inserting a SCSI Hard-
Disk Drive With the System Running
If the Dell PowerEdge 6100 system has a PowerEdge
Expandable RAID Controller host adapter card installed
and connected to the SCSI backplane board, you can
remove and insert SCSI hard-disk drives while the sys-
tem is running.
Before attempting to remove or insert a drive while the
system is running, see the documentation for the Power-
edge Expandable RAID Controller host adapter card to