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CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that came with the product.
Steps
1. Align the tabs on the flex bay with the slots on the front of the chassis.
2. Insert the flex bay into the chassis until the tabs click into place.
3. Install the two screws to secure the flex bay to the chassis.
Next steps
Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
Hard drives
Your system supports Enterprise-class hard drives, which are designed for 24x7 operating environment.
Selecting the correct drive class will optimize quality, functionality, performance, and reliability of the
hard drives.
Due to industry advances, in some cases, the larger capacity drives have been changed to a larger sector
size. The larger sector size can have impacts on operating systems and applications. For more
information about these hard drives, see the 512e and 4Kn Disk Formats whitepaper and 4K Sector HDD
FAQ document at dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
All hard drives are connected to the system board through the hard-drive backplane. Hard drives are
supplied in hot-swappable hard-drive carriers that fit in the hard-drive slots.
CAUTION: Before attempting to remove or install a hard 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 hot-swap hard drive removal and insertion.
CAUTION: Do not turn off or restart your system while the hard drive is being formatted. Doing so
can cause a hard drive failure.
Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard-drive backplane.
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 hot swappable hard drive/SSD
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that came with the product.
1. Ensure that you read the Safety instructions.
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