Hard Drives; Removing A Hard-Drive Blank - Dell PowerEdge C6145 Hardware Owner's Manual

Hard Drives

The installation and removal procedures for the 3.5" hard drive and the 2.5
hard drive are similar. Following is an example showing the replacement
procedure of a 3.5" hard drive.

Removing a Hard-Drive Blank

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must
have drive blanks installed.
NOTE: This section is applicable to systems with hot-swappable hard drives only.
1 Using the release handle, pull the hard-drive blank out of the hard-
drive bay. See Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-2. Removing or Installing a Hard-Drive Blank
1 hard-drive blank 2 release handle
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