Removing 2.5-Inch Hard Drive From The Rear Bay - Dell EMC DSS 9600 Installation And Service Manual

Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard drive backplane.
When you format a hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be complete. Be aware that high-capacity hard drives can take a
long time to format.

Removing 2.5-inch hard drive from the rear bay

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2 Complete the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive slots must have hard drive blanks installed.
1 Loosen the thumb screw.
2 Slide the HDD assembly out and pull up to remove.
Figure 21. Removing the 2.5-inch HDD assembly
3 Remove the screws securing the HDD to the carrier.
4 Remove the HDD from the carrier.
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