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Dell PowerEdge M630 Systems (VRTX Enclosure) Owner's Manual

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Removing a hard drive or SSD blank

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 came with the product.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive or SSD slots must have hard drive or SSD blanks installed.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.

Steps

Press the release latch and slide the hard-drive or SSD blank out of the hard drive or SSD slot.
Figure 1. Removing a 2.5-inch hard-drive blank
This figure shows removing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank.
  1. hard drive or SSD blank
  2. release latch
Figure 2. Removing a 1.8-inch SSD blank
This figure shows removing and installing 1.8-inch SSD blank.
  1. SSD blank
  2. release latch

Next steps

  1. Install the hard drive or SSD.

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

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