Supermicro SC946ED-R2KJBOD, User Manual

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SC946ED Chassis Manual
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Installing 3.5" Hard Drives into the Hard Drive Carrier
1. Press the release button to open the drive carrier handle.
2. Pull upward on the drive carrier handle.
3. Insert the 3.5" hard drive into the hard drive carrier, taking note of which
direction the printed circuit board side of the hard drive is facing. To reduce vi-
bration, alternate the direction hard drive faces in each carrier in the chassis.
Hard Drive
Drive Carrier Handle
Release Button
Figure 4-4. Installing a 3.5" Hard Drive into the Hard Drive Carrier
Warning! Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro
chassis and servers. For information on recommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro
website at www.supermicro.com.
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Figure 4-5. Installing the Hard Drives and Carrier into the Chassis
4. Secure the hard drive into the carrier by closing the carrier handle.
5. Using the hard drive carrier handle, push the hard drive carrier into the hard
drive bay until it clicks into the locked position.
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