Owners Manual

Figure 32. Installing the HDD tray

1 Complete the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

Removing 2.5-inch hard drive from a tray

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.

2 Complete the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.

CAUTION

: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive slots must have hard drive blanks installed.

1 Grasp the tray handle with one hand, and use your thumb to push the plunger up to release the HDD tray.

2 Continue to hold the plunger and use the tray handle to pull the tray out from the chassis.

3 Remove the HDD tray from the server.

4 Grasp the locking lever on the HDD carrier.

5 Rotate the locking lever to a 90° angle. The HDD disengages from the backplane.

Installing and removing server components