Owners Manual

Figure 17. Replacing a Hard Drive

1. Hard drive carrier release handle 2. Hard drive indicators

3. Hard drive carrier 4. Hard drive slot

5. Press the release button on the replacement hard drive to open the hard drive carrier release handle.

NOTE: Hold the hard drive by the plastic part of the hard drive carrier or the handle.

6. Insert the hard drive carrier into the hard drive slot until the carrier make contact with the backplane.

CAUTION: Do not remove the hard drive blanks that are installed in hard drive slots that are

not occupied. The hard drive blanks ensure proper cooling of the expansion enclosure.

7. Close the hard drive carrier handle to lock the hard drive in place.

NOTE: Allow several seconds for the expansion enclosure to recognize the hard drive and

determine its status. When the hard drive is functioning properly, the status indicator turns

green. In addition, the hard drive indicator turns green in the Storage Client.

8. Replace the front bezel.

9. In the Storage Client, make sure that the replacement hard drive is recognized and shown as up and

running.

10. Use SupportAssist to send diagnostic data to Dell Technical Support.

Installing Hard Drives in an SC100/SC120 Expansion Enclosure

An SC100/SC120 expansion enclosure is shipped with drives installed and empty drive blanks are inserted

in the unused slots.

About this task

The following instructions describe the installation of Dell Enterprise hard drives for reference only.

Steps

1. Open the hard drive carrier handle and insert the hard drive carrier into the hard drive slot.

Start on the left side of the expansion enclosure with slot 0 and install drives from left to right.

2. Slide the drive into the slot until the hard drive carrier contacts the backplane.

Replacing SC100/SC120 Expansion Enclosure Components