Installing a Hard Drive
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1Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and from the peripherals.
2Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 62.
3If present, remove the optical drive mounted above the hard drive 1 (HDD1) bracket. See "Removing an Optical Drive" on page 64.
4Install the hard drive into the bracket. See "Installing a Hard Drive Into a
5Align the four slots under the hard drive bracket with the four tabs on the chassis and slide the hard drive bracket toward the chassis wall till it snaps into place. See Figure
If you replaced HDD1, reinstall the optional optical drive above the HDD1 bracket. See "Installing an Optical Drive" on page 66.
6Connect the power and data cables to the hard drive:
•If connecting to the integrated SATA controller (SATA hard drives only), connect the SATA data cable to the SATA connector on the system board. See Figure
•If connecting to a SAS RAID controller card (SAS or SATA hard drives), connect the data cable to the connector on the card edge. For information on installing a SAS controller card, see "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 72.
7Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 63.
8Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet and turn on the system and attached peripherals.
Installing System Components
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