Install an optical drive

Prerequisites
Before you perform this procedure, make sure that you have the following items available:

  • T-15 Torx screwdriver

  • Phillips No. 2 screwdriver

  • Optical drive option kit. This kit includes:

    • Optical drive

    • Optical drive bracket

    • Phillips No. 2 screws (2, for securing the optical drive bracket)

    • T-15 screw (1, for securing the optical drive)

Procedure
  1. Facing the server, press and hold the release latches on both sides of the optical drive blank, and then push the blank out of the media bay.

    Retain the blank for future use.

    Removing the media bay blank
  2. Attach the bracket to the optical drive.
    Attaching the optical drive bracket
  3. Slide the optical drive into the media bay.
  4. Install the optical drive screw.

    Installing an optical drive

  5. Connect the optical drive SATA Y-cable:
    1. Connect the common end of the cable to the optical drive.

      Connecting the SATA Y-cable to the optical drive

    2. Open the cable tie.
      Opening the cable tie securing the P3 power supply cable
    3. Connect the power end of the SATA cable to the power supply cable labeled P3.
      Connecting the optical drive power cable
    4. Route the data end of the SATA Y-cable through the left side chassis opening down to the system board.
    5. Connect the data end of the cable to the SATA port.
      Connecting the optical drive SATA cable
    6. Bundle the extra length of the SATA Y-cable and the power supply P3 cable, and then secure them in the cable tie.
      Securing the optical drive cables