Hard drives......................................................................................................................................... 112
Removing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank........................................................................................112
Installing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank..........................................................................................113
Removing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank (back)............................................................................. 113
Installing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank (back)...............................................................................114
Removing a 3.5 inch hard-drive blank........................................................................................114
Installing a 3.5 inch hard-drive blank..........................................................................................115
Removing a hot-swap hard drive................................................................................................115
Installing a hot-swap hard drive..................................................................................................117
Removing a hard drive from a hard-drive carrier....................................................................... 117
Installing a hard drive into a hard-drive carrier.......................................................................... 118
Hard-drive backplane........................................................................................................................118
Removing the hard-drive backplane.......................................................................................... 118
Installing the hard-drive backplane............................................................................................ 122
Removing the optional hard-drive backplane (back).................................................................123
Removing the control panel....................................................................................................... 125
Installing the control panel......................................................................................................... 126
Removing the I/O panel.............................................................................................................. 127
Installing the I/O panel................................................................................................................128
Removing the hard-drive backplane from the hard-drive tray................................................. 129
Installing the hard-drive backplane in the hard-drive tray........................................................130
5 Troubleshooting your system........................................................................ 132
Safety first—for you and your system...............................................................................................132
Troubleshooting system startup failure............................................................................................132
Troubleshooting external connections............................................................................................132
Troubleshooting the video subsystem.............................................................................................132
Troubleshooting a USB device......................................................................................................... 132
Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct (USB XML configuration)................................................................133
Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct (laptop connection)....................................................................... 134
Troubleshooting a serial I/O device................................................................................................. 134
Troubleshooting a NIC......................................................................................................................134
Troubleshooting a wet system......................................................................................................... 135
Troubleshooting a damaged system................................................................................................136
Troubleshooting the system battery................................................................................................ 136
Troubleshooting power supply units................................................................................................137
Power source problems.............................................................................................................. 137
Power supply unit problems....................................................................................................... 137
Troubleshooting cooling problems..................................................................................................138
Troubleshooting cooling fans.......................................................................................................... 138
Troubleshooting system memory.................................................................................................... 139
Troubleshooting an SD card.............................................................................................................140
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