Hard Drives - Dell DX6000G Hardware Owner's Manual

Hard Drives

Your system supports up to four 3.5-inch (SAS or SATA) hard drives in a
3.5-inch hot-swappable hard drive carrier. The hard drives are installed at the
front of the system (see Figure 3-1). Hard drives are connected to a SAS
backplane through hard-drive carriers and can be configured as hot-
swappable.
Removing a Hard-Drive Blank
CAUTION:
have drive blanks installed.
1 If applicable, remove the front bezel. See "Removing the Front Bezel" on
page 79.
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 and Installing a Hard-Drive Blank
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1 hard-drive blank
Installing a Hard-Drive Blank
Align the hard-drive blank with the drive bay and insert the blank into the
drive bay until the release lever clicks into place. See Figure 3-4.
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Installing System Components
To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must
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2 release lever