Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
Removing the optical drive or tape drive:
Disconnect the power and data cables from the back of the optical drive or tape drive.
NOTE: Note the routing of the power and data cable inside the chassis when you remove them from the system board and the optical drive or tape drive. You must route these cables correctly and in a similar manner when you replace them to prevent them from being pinched or crimped.
To remove the optical/tape drive, push the release latch as indicated in the figure.
Slide the optical drive or tape drive out of the drive bay.
If you are not immediately replacing the optical drive or tape drive, install the optical drive or tape drive blank.
NOTE: Blanks must be installed on empty optical drive or tape drive slots to maintain FCC certification of the system. The blanks also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
NOTE: The procedure to install an optical drive or tape drive blank is similar to the procedure to install an optical drive or tape drive.
optical drive or tape drive
guide
release latch
NOTE: The following figure shows the cabling diagram for an optical drive/tape drive with an x16 backplane. All backplanes have an ODD connector.
optical drive connector on system board
tape drive connector on system board
SAS tape drive connector on the PERC card
PERC card
system board
SAS tape drive
tape drive
optical drive
Installing the optical drive or tape drive:
Unpack and prepare the drive for installation.
For instructions, see the documentation that shipped with the drive.
If you are installing a SAS tape drive, you must have an internal tape adapter installed. For more information on installing a SAS tape drive, see installing an expansion card section.
If applicable, remove the old drive or the drive blank.
Align the guide on the drive with the slot on drive bay.
Slide the drive into the slot until the latch snaps into place.
Connect the power and data cable to the back of the drive.
Connect the power and data cables to the backplane and the system board.
The system board connectors are ODD1/TBU and ODD2/TBU. The system can connect up to two optical drives, or one optical drive with one SATA tape backup unit, and one SAS tape backup unit using Dell OpenManage IT Assistant.
optical drive/tape drive
guide
release latch
