Figure 37. Installing the mid drive tray
Next steps
1 Connect all the cables to the mid drive backplane.
2 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
Removing drive blank from the mid drive carrier
The procedure for removing 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch blanks is identical.
Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty drive slots must have drive blanks installed.
CAUTION
: Mixing drive blanks from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.
Steps
1 Push out at the edges of the drive carrier to disengage the tabs on the drive carrier from the slots on the drive blank.
2 Lift the drive carrier away from the drive blank.
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