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Complete the following steps to install a SCSI or Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive:
1. Read the safety information beginning on page 127 and the “Installation
guidelines” on page 23.
2. Turn off the computer and peripheral devices and disconnect all external
cables and power cords.
3. Unlock the side cover.
4. Remove the side cover (see “Removing the side cover” on page 25).
5. Disconnect the fan connector for the fan that is attached to the back of the
drive cage from the system board.
6. Press in on the drive-cage release lever and rotate the drive cage all the way
out of the computer until it locks into place over the drive-cage retention tab.
The open ends of the drive slots and installed drives will face you.
Drive-cage
release lever
Drive-cage
Fan assembly
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