- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- About this document
- Dell EMC PowerEdge T340 system overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel
- System feet
- Caster wheels – optional
- System cover
- Air shroud
- Intrusion switch
- Drives
- Removing a drive blank
- Installing a drive blank
- Removing a drive carrier
- Installing the drive carrier
- Removing the drive from the drive carrier
- Installing the drive into the drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5-inch drive from the 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5-inch drive into the 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Removing a 3.5-inch drive adapter from a 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5-inch adapter into a 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Optical drive and tape drives
- Drive backplane
- Backplane cable routing
- Four-slot drive blank
- System memory
- Cooling fan
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Expansion cards
- M.2 SSD module
- Optional IDSDM or vFlash module
- Processor and heat sink
- Power supply unit
- Power interposer board
- System battery
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Dell EMC PowerEdge T340 Installation and Service Manual
Installing the drive into the drive carrier
Prerequisites
- Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
- Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
- Remove the front bezel.
- Remove the drive carrier.
CAUTION Mixing drive carriers from other generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.
Steps
- Insert the drive into the drive carrier with the connector end of the drive towards the back of the carrier.
- Align the screw holes on the drive with the screws holes on the drive carrier. When aligned correctly, the back of the drive is flush with the back of the drive carrier.
- Using a Phillips #1 screwdriver, replace the screws to secure the drive to the drive carrier.
NOTE If the hard drive or SSD carrier has Torx screw, use Torx 6 (for 2.5-inch drive) or Torx 8 (for 3.5-inch drive) screw driver to install the drive.
NOTE When installing a drive into the drive carrier, ensure that the screws are torqued to 4 in-pounds.NOTE Use the screws shipped with the drive carrier to secure the drive to the drive carrier.Figure 1. Installing a drive into the drive carrier 
Next steps
- Replace the drive carrier.
- Install the front bezel.
- Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
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