Owners Manual

Figure 29. Installing a drive carrier into the mid drive tray

Next steps

Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

Removing a 3.5-inch drive from the drive carrier

Prerequisites

1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

2. Follow the procedures in Before working inside your system.

CAUTION: Mixing drives from previous generations of NAS systems is not supported.

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

Steps

1. Push out at the edges of the carrier to disengage the tabs on the drive carrier from the slots on the drive.

2. Lift the drive carrier away from the drive.

Installing and removing system components