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Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Youcaninstallanopticaldriveintotheopticaldrivecageorthetapedrivecage.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeopticaldriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstalltheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.
4.Ifyouareinstallingtheopticaldriveintotheopticaldrivecage,removethedrivepartition2.Ifyouare
installingtheopticaldriveintothetapedrivecage,removethedrivepartitions1and2.See“Removing
thedrivepartition”onpage158
.
Figure143.Removingthedrivepartitions
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheopticaldrivecageorthetapedrivecagetoany
unpaintedsurfaceontheoutsideoftheserver.Then,taketheopticaldrivecageorthetapedrive
cageoutofthepackage.
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