Steps
1 Lift the carrier handle.
2 If a drive blank is installed in the drive slot, remove it.
3 Insert the drive carrier into the drive tray.
4 Lower the drive carrier handle to engage the drive to the connector on the backplane and lock the drive in place.
Figure 34. Installing a drive carrier into the mid drive tray
Next step
Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
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Status Released
Removing a 3.5-inch drive from the drive carrier
Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 Follow the procedure listed 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.
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Installing and removing system components