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NOTE: When firmly seated, the memory socket and processor numbers marked on the air shroud aligns with the respective memory socket and processor numbers marked on the system. Figure 19. Installing air shroud Next steps 1. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside the sled. Drives Your system supports 2.5-inch SAS/SATA SSD, NVMe drives and PCIe SSDs. The drives or SSDs are supplied in a hotswappable drive carriers that fit in the drive bays and these drives connect to the system board through the drive backplane. CAUTION: Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support hot-swap drive removal and insertion. CAUTION: Do not turn off or restart your system while the drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a drive failure. When you format a drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be complete. The high-capacity drives can take a long time to format. Removing drive blank Prerequisites 1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions on page 41 CAUTION: Mixing drive blanks from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty drive slots must have drive blanks installed. Steps Press the release button and slide the drive blank out of the drive slot. Installing and removing system components 49

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NOTE:
When firmly seated, the memory socket and processor numbers marked on the air shroud aligns with the
respective memory socket and processor numbers marked on the system.
Figure 19. Installing air shroud
Next steps
1.
Follow the procedure listed in
After working inside the sled
.
Drives
Your system supports 2.5-inch SAS/SATA SSD, NVMe drives and PCIe SSDs. The drives or SSDs are supplied in a hot-
swappable drive carriers that fit in the drive bays and these drives connect to the system board through the drive backplane.
CAUTION:
Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation to
ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support hot-swap drive removal and insertion.
CAUTION:
Do not turn off or restart your system while the drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a drive
failure.
When you format a drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be complete. The high-capacity drives can take a long time to
format.
Removing drive blank
Prerequisites
1.
Follow the safety guidelines listed in
Safety instructions
on page 41
CAUTION:
Mixing drive blanks from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported
CAUTION:
To maintain proper system cooling, all empty drive slots must have drive blanks installed.
Steps
Press the release button and slide the drive blank out of the drive slot.
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