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Dell EMC PowerEdge R550 Installation and Service Manual

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Installing the optical disk drive

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
  3. Remove the air shroud.
  4. Remove the drive backplane cover.

Steps

Slide the optical disk drive (ODD), until the latch is seated firmly into the system slot.
Figure 1. Installing the ODD
This image shows the installation of the optical disk drive

Next steps

  1. Connect the power and signal cables to the ODD and system board connector. Route the cables though the side wall bracket.
  2. Install the drive backplane cover.
  3. Install the air shroud.
  4. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

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