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Figure 50. 3.5” Drive Carrier Assembly – Drive Installation to Carrier
2.
With the rear drive connector positioned towards the back of the drive carrier, align and position the
mounting holes on the left side of the drive over the mounting tabs located on the drive carrier side rail
(See letter “A”)
3.
Lower the other side of the drive into the carrier and press down until all mounting tabs lock in place.
2.6.5
2.5” SSD into a 3.5” Drive Carrier Assembly (Intel® Server R1304WFxxx)
The 3.5” drive blank can be used as a 2.5” SSD bracket.
Note:
Due to degraded performance and reliability concerns, the use of the 3.5” drive blank as a 2.5” drive
bracket is intended to support SSD type storage devices only. Installing a 2.5” hard disk drive into the 3.5”
drive blank is not supported.
Figure 51. 3.5” Drive Carrier Assembly – Drive Blank Removal