Front-Access Hard-Drives; Removing A Hard-Drive Blank - Dell PowerEdge C8000 Hardware Owner's Manual

Front-Access Hard-Drives

The sled supports up two 2.5-inch hot-plug hard-drives. The following
replacement procedure applies to sled with front-access hard-drives.

Removing a Hard-Drive Blank

CAUTION:
have hard-drive blanks installed.
1 Turn the lock lever counterclockwise until it points to the unlock symbol.
See Figure 3-12.
2 Slide the release button to open the release handle.
3 Using the release handle, pull the hard-drive blank out of the hard-drive
bay. See Figure 3-12.
Figure 3-12. Removing and Installing a Hard-Drive Blank
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1 hard-drive blank
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Installing System Components
To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive slots must
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2 release button
4 release handle