Is it possible to take the dvd drive out of a 21.5" iMac (Mid 2011) and replace it with an SSD?

I just don't want to go through all of the mess of taking of the logic board, so I thought of this, it's the first thing you see after taking off the screen from the iMac.
Is it easy to do? (I am intermediate at hardware installations)
Thanks,
Arayeb.

Thank you,
sorry if im getting annoying,
but as you can see here:
Intel 6 Series Chipset:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 6 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Physical Interconnect: SATA
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H:
Model: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H
Revision: 4AH5
Native Command Queuing: No
Detachable Drive: No
Power Off: Yes
Async Notification: No
Under Negotiated link speed is says 1.5 gigabit.
Does that mean the ODD is 1.5 gigabit?
Or will I have a 1.5 gigabit speed connection from the ssd?
I hope not,
Thanks.

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