Hard drives, Removing a hard-drive blank – Dell PowerEdge C6145 User Manual

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Hard Drives

The installation and removal procedures for the 3.5" hard drive and the 2.5

"

hard drive are similar. Following is an example showing the replacement
procedure of a 3.5" 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 Using the release handle, pull the hard-drive blank out of the hard-

drive bay. See Figure 3-2.

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

1

hard-drive blank

2

release handle

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