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Figure 3-11.
Removing and Installing the Optical Drive
Removing the Optical Drive from the Drive Tray
1 Remove the interposer board from the drive by deflecting the tab at each end of the board.
2 To remove the drive from the tray, push outward on the left retention tab at the back of the tray so as
to bend the tray wall out slightly and then pull up on the left side of the drive to disengage.
To install a new drive in the tray, fit the drive into the tray, then fit the interposer board onto the back of
the drive.
Hard Drives
This subsection describes how to install and configure SAS or SATA hard drives in the system's two
internal hard-drive bays.
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drive tray
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optical drive
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tray release tab
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interposer board retention
tabs (2)
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interposer board
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optical-drive cable
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