Hard-Drive Tray Assembly; Removing The Hard Drive Tray - Dell DL4300 Owner's Manual

Hard-drive tray assembly

The hard-drive tray is located behind the cooling-fan assembly. It supports four 3.5 inch hard drives.
NOTE: Systems that support the internal hard-drive tray require low-profile heat sinks and do not
require or support a cooling shroud.

Removing the hard drive tray

Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that are shipped with your product.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
CAUTION: The hard drive tray is hot to touch for some time after the system has been powered
down. Allow time for the hard drive tray to cool before handling it.
Steps
1. Disconnect the SAS, power, and signal cables from the hard drive backplane.
2. Lift the hard drive tray handles 90 degrees upward.
3. Hold the hard drive tray handles and lift the hard drive tray out of the chassis.
Figure 17. Removing the hard drive tray
1. hard drive tray handle (2)
3. hard drive indicator
5. backplane signal cable
7. guide pin on the chassis (4)
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2. hard drive (4)
4. SAS cable
6. backplane power cable