Removing A 3.5-Inch Hot Swappable Hard Drive Carrier Blank - Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

NOTE: SAS/SATA hard drives cannot be mixed in a system.
The hot swappable hard drives connect to the system board through the hard drive backplane. Hot
swappable hard drives are supplied in hot swappable hard drive carriers that fit in the hard drive slots.

Removing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier blank

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 came with the product.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive slots must have drive carrier
blanks installed.
1. Ensure that you follow the
2. If installed, remove the front bezel.
Steps
Press the release button and slide the hard drive carrier blank out of the hard drive slot.
Figure 19. Removing and installing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier blank
1. hard drive carrier blank
Next steps
If removed, install the front bezel.
Related Tasks
Removing the optional front bezel
Installing the optional front bezel
Safety instructions.
2. release button
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