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Dell PowerEdge R730xd Owner's Manual

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Removing the hard drive tray

Prerequisites

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.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
CAUTION: The hard drive tray is hot to touch for some time after the system has been powered down. Allow time for the hard drive tray to cool before handling it.

Steps

  1. Disconnect the SAS, power, and signal cables from the hard drive backplane.
  2. Lift the hard drive tray handles 90 degrees upward.
  3. Hold the hard drive tray handles and lift the hard drive tray out of the chassis.
    Figure 1. Removing the hard drive tray
    This figure shows removing the hard drive tray.
    1. hard drive tray handle (2)
    2. hard drive (4)
    3. hard drive indicator
    4. SAS cable
    5. backplane signal cable
    6. backplane power cable
    7. guide pin on the chassis (4)

Next steps

  1. Install the hard drive tray. See the Installing the hard drive tray section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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