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Rotating the hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage down

Use this information to rotate the hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage down.

To rotate the hot-swap hard disk drive cage down, complete the following steps.

  1. Read the safety information that begins on page Safety and Installation guidelines.
    Attention
    1. Make sure you have routed the cables correctly as the following illustration before you rotate the hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage down. You have to route the cables underneath the bracket; then, route the cables through the cable retainer clip. Improper cable routing may damage the cables.
      Figure 1. Cable routing
      Cable routing
    2. Make sure you have routed the cable properly and the cables are not squeezed as the following illustration before you rotate the hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage down. Improper cable routing may damage the cables.
      Figure 2. Cable routing
      Cable routing
  2. Shift the switch on the rear hard disk drive cage to the unlock position 1 .
    Note
    Make sure you have fully shifted the switch to the unlock position as the following illustration. Otherwise, it may damage the cables.
    Figure 3. The switch
    The switch
  3. Slowly rotate the cage downwards until it sits into place 2 .
  4. Close the blue latches on the chassis 3 .
    Figure 4. Hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage
    Hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage