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NOTE: The procedure for removing a 3.5 inch HDD0 and HDD1 cage is identical.
1. If installed, remove the front bezel.
2. Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet
and from the peripherals.
3. Open the system.
4. Disconnect the power and data cables from the hard drive.
NOTE: If you have installed a PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) card, the power and data
cables are connected to the PERC card cable adapter. To disconnect the power and data
cables, remove the PERC card cable adapter from the hard drive.
5. If applicable, remove the optical drive installed on top of the hard-drive cage (HDD1).
For more information on removing the optical drive, see Removing The Optical Drive.
6. Pull the release pin, slide the hard-drive cage away from the chassis wall.
7. Lift the hard-drive cage away from the chassis.
Figure 9. Removing and Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard-Drive (HDD1) Cage
1. power cable 2. SATA cable
3. hard-drive cage 4. release pin
5. hard drive 6. slots (4)
7. standoffs (4)
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