684 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual TX300 S7 / RX350 S7
Accessible drives
12.4 Replacing accessible drives
12.4.1 Required tools
● Preliminary and concluding steps: tool-less
● Replacing accessible drives:
– Slotted screw driver (for bending in or out accessible drive mounting
brackets)
12.4.2 Preliminary steps
Before replacing an accessible drive, perform the following steps:
Ê Locate the desired server as described in section "Locating the defective
server" on page 64.
Ê Remove all backup and optical disk media from backup and optical disk
drives as described in section "Removing backup and optical disk media" on
page 144.
Ê Verify if your backup software solution requires preparative configuration
before starting the procedure as described in section "Verifying and
configuring the backup software solution" on page 144.
Ê Shut down the server as described in section "Shutting down the server" on
page 71.
Ê Remove the AC power cords from the PSU cable brackets and disconnect
them from the system as described in section "Disconnecting the server
from the mains" on page 72.
Ê When working on a rack-mounted server, extend it out of the rack as
described in section "Extending the server out of the rack" on page 76.
Upgrade and Repair Units (URU)
Average task duration: 15 minutes