Replacing a hard-drive carrier, Removing a hard drive from a hard-drive carrier, Figure 3-4 – Dell POWEREDGE 2950 User Manual

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Installing System Components

Figure 3-4.

Installing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive

b

Insert the hard-drive carrier into the drive bay until the carrier contacts the backplane.

c

Close the handle to lock the drive in place.

4 Replace the front bezel, if it was removed in step 1.

Replacing a Hard-Drive Carrier

Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier

1 If you are removing a SATA hard drive from a SATAu drive carrier, remove the interposer card:

a

Viewing the hard drive carrier from the rear, locate the release lever on the left end of the
interposer card.

b

Push the lever away from the carrier rail to release the left end of the card.

c

Rotate the left end away from the hard drive to release the connector.

d

Pull the right end of the interposer card clear of the slots in the carrier rail.

2 Remove the four screws from the slide rails on the hard-drive carrier and separate the hard drive from

the carrier.

1

hard drive

2

drive carrier

3

drive carrier release handle

3

1

2

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