Adding a secondary hard drive to P300 SFF- bracket part number?

Hi, 
I have recently purchased a Lenovo Thinstation P300 SFF configured with a single SSD as primary drive and no optical drive. I would like to add a secondary hard drive (for backup purposes) and to adapt 5.25" drive space to 3.5" hard drive size. I presume there is some sort of a bracket that can do this, I need this part number. Any help appreciated. Here is a photo of current configuration http://pho.to/8Nb02

Yeah I don't see that first PN listed at all, and that second PN provided is definitely just a bezel for the front of the system.
I'm still looking into this as the documentation I have isn't fully clear, but I think the FRU you need is 04X2310.  From what I can tell, this should come with the 2.5" HDD bracket, 2.5" HDD tray, and screws (if they are needed)
I'm almost wondering if somehow during the communication about ordering parts if the FRU number didn't get a couple of digits transposed or something.  I don't see 04X2301 as a valid part at all for what you're doing, but 04X2310 should be the right number.

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