Hard drives, Removing a drive blank – Dell PowerVault NX300 User Manual

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Installing System Components

Hard Drives

Your system supports up to four 3.5-inch (SAS or SATA) hard drives in
3.5-inch hot-swap hard drive carrier. The hard drives are installed at the front
of the system (see Figure 3-1). Front-mounted hard drives are connected to a
SAS backplane through hard-drive carriers and can be configured as
hot-swappable.

Removing a Drive Blank

CAUTION:

To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must

have drive blanks installed.

1 Remove the front bezel. See "Removing and Replacing the Optional

Front Bezel" on page 81.

2 Grasp the front of the hard-drive blank, press the release lever on the

right side, and slide the blank out until it is free of the drive bay.
See Figure 3-4.

Figure 3-4.

Removing or Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

1

hard-drive blank

2

release lever

1

2

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