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Hard Drives, Removing a Drive Blank

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Hard Drives Your system supports up to four 3.5-inch (SAS or SATA) or 2.5-inch (SAS, SATA, or SSD) hard drives in 3.5-inch hot-swap hard drive carrier or cabled internal drives. Depending on your chassis, the hard drives are installed internally or at the front of the system (see Figure 3-1). Internal hard drives are connected to the system board or an optional controller card. Front-mounted hard drives are connected to a SAS backplane through hard-drive carriers and can be configured as hot-swappable. Removing a Drive Blank CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have drive blanks installed. 1 Remove the front bezel. See "Removing and Replacing the Optional Front Bezel" on page 81. 2 Grasp the front of the hard-drive blank, press the release lever on the right side, and slide the blank out until it is free of the drive bay. See Figure 3-4. Figure 3-4. Removing or Installing a Hard-Drive Blank 1 2 1 hard-drive blank 2 release lever 84 Installing System Components

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Installing System Components
Hard Drives
Your system supports up to four 3.5-inch (SAS or SATA) or 2.5-inch
(SAS, SATA, or SSD) hard drives in 3.5-inch hot-swap hard drive carrier or
cabled internal drives. Depending on your chassis, the hard drives are
installed internally or at the front of the system (see Figure 3-1). Internal
hard drives are connected to the system board or an optional controller card.
Front-mounted hard drives are connected to a SAS backplane through
hard-drive carriers and can be configured as hot-swappable.
Removing a Drive Blank
CAUTION:
To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must
have drive blanks installed.
1
Remove the front bezel. See
"Removing and Replacing the Optional
Front Bezel" on page 81.
2
Grasp the front of the hard-drive blank, press the release lever on the
right side, and slide the blank out until it is free of the drive bay.
See Figure 3-4.
Figure 3-4.
Removing or Installing a Hard-Drive Blank
1
hard-drive blank
2
release lever
1
2