Installing the optional front bezel.................................................................................................81
System feet..........................................................................................................................................82
Removing the system feet............................................................................................................ 82
Installing the system feet.............................................................................................................. 83
Caster wheels (optional)—tower mode............................................................................................. 84
Installing caster wheels.................................................................................................................84
Removing caster wheels...............................................................................................................85
System cover....................................................................................................................................... 87
Removing the system cover......................................................................................................... 87
Installing the system cover........................................................................................................... 88
Inside the system................................................................................................................................ 89
Optical drives and tape drives (optional)........................................................................................... 90
Removing the optical drive or tape drive......................................................................................91
Installing the optical drive or tape drive.......................................................................................94
Cooling shroud................................................................................................................................... 95
Removing the cooling shroud...................................................................................................... 95
Installing the cooling shroud........................................................................................................ 97
Hot-swappable hard drives................................................................................................................ 98
Removing a hot swappable hard drive carrier............................................................................. 99
Installing a hot swappable hard drive carrier............................................................................. 100
Removing a hard-drive blank..................................................................................................... 102
Installing a hard-drive blank....................................................................................................... 103
Removing a 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drive from a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter..............104
Installing a 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drive into a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter..................105
Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter from a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier.. 106
Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter into the 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier...107
Removing a hot swappable hard drive from a hard drive carrier..............................................108
Installing a hot swappable hard drive into a hard drive carrier................................................. 108
Cabled hard drives............................................................................................................................ 109
Removing the internal hard drive bay........................................................................................ 109
Installing the internal hard drive bay........................................................................................... 111
Removing a cabled hard drive.....................................................................................................112
Installing a cabled hard drive.......................................................................................................116
Hard drive backplane.........................................................................................................................118
Removing the hard drive backplane .......................................................................................... 118
Installing the hard drive backplane.............................................................................................124
Four-slot hard drive blank.................................................................................................................125
Removing a four-slot hard drive blank.......................................................................................125
Installing a four-slot hard drive blank.........................................................................................126
System memory.................................................................................................................................127
General memory module installation guidelines.......................................................................129
Mode-specific guidelines............................................................................................................130
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