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Dell PowerEdge T630 Owner's Manual

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Removing the optical drive or tape drive

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system section.
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 are shipped with your product.

Steps

  1. Disconnect the power and data cable from the back of the drive.
    NOTE: Observe the routing of the power and data cable inside the chassis as you remove them from the system board and the drive. You must route these cables properly when you replace them to prevent them from being pinched or crimped.
  2. To remove the drive, push the release latch as indicated in the figure.
  3. Slide the drive out of the drive bay.
  4. If you are not immediately replacing the optical drive or tape drive, install the blank.
    NOTE: Blanks must be installed on empty optical drive or tape drive slots to maintain FCC certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system. Perform the same steps to install blanks.
    Figure 1. Removing the optical drive or tape drive
    This figure shows removing the optical drive or tape drive.
    1. optical drive/tape drive
    2. guide
    3. release latch
    NOTE: The following figure shows the cabling diagram for an optical drive/tape drive with an x16 backplane. All backplanes (x8, x18, and x16) have an ODD connector.
    Figure 2. Cabling— optical drive and tape drive
    This figure shows the cabling for optical drive and tape drive for software RAID-configured systems installed with PowerVault RD1000.
    1. ODD1/TBU connector on system board
    2. ODD2/TBU connector on system board

    3. mini-SAS/SATA connector on internal tape adapter

    4. internal tape adapter

    5. system board

    6. SAS tape drive

    7. optical drive 2

    8. optical drive 1

Next steps

Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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