Figure 41. Installing the drive carrier into mid drive tray
Next step
Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
Removing a 3.5 inch drive from the 3.5 inch drive carrier
Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3 Remove the drive carrier from the mid drive tray.
CAUTION: Mixing drives 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
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 out of the drive carrier.
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