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Install the 4 x 2.5-inch rear drive cage

Use this information to install the 4 x 2.5-inch rear drive cage.

About this task

The rear drive cage is supported on some server models at certain conditions. For detailed information, see Technical rules.

Attention

  • Read Installation Guidelines to ensure that you work safely.

  • Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system.

Procedure

  1. Prepare your server.

    1. Install the required performance system fans. See Install a system fan.

    2. Install the required riser brackets. See

    3. Install the backplane to the drive cage. See Install the middle or rear 2.5-inch-drive backplane.

    4. Remove irrelevant rearwall brackets(if any) and install the rearwall bracket required for installing 4 x 2.5-inch rear drive cage.
  2. Install the 4 x 2.5-inch rear drive cage.
    Figure 1. Installing the 4 x 2.5-inch rear drive cage
    Installing the 4 x 2.5-inch rear drive cage

    1. Align the rear drive cage with the chassis, and lower the drive cage into the chassis.

    2. Move the rear drive cage forward until it clicks into position.

  3. Check and ensure that the plunger is latched into place to secure the rear drive cage.

After you finish

  1. Reinstall the drives or drive fillers into the rear drive cage. See Install a hot-swap drive.

  2. Connect cables to the rear drive cage. See Internal cable routing.