Hard drives, Removing a hard-drive blank – Dell POWEREDGE C6105 User Manual

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Installing System Components

Hard Drives

The installation and removal procedures for the 3.5-inch hard drive and the
2.5-inch hard drive are similar. Following is an example showing the
replacement procedure of a 3.5-inch hard drive.

Removing a Hard-Drive Blank

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must
have drive blanks installed.

NOTE: This section is applicable to systems with hot-swappable hard drives only.

1 Turn the lock lever counterclockwise until it points to the unlock

symbol.

2 Slide the release button to open the release handle. See Figure 3-2.
3 Using the release handle, pull the hard-drive blank out of the hard-

drive bay.

Figure 3-2. Removing or Installing a Hard-Drive Blank