Removal and replacement procedures 14
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Remove the SCSI hard drive blank.
• Remove the SATA hard drive blank.
To replace the blank, slide the blank into the bay until it locks into place.
Hard drive
CAUTION: Always power down the server if the boot partition resides on the drive you are replacing or if
you are replacing the only drive in the server.
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all bays
are populated with either a component or a blank.
1. Determine the status of the hard drive from the hot-plug hard drive LEDs ("Hot-plug SCSI hard drive
LED combinations" on page 51, "Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LEDs" on page 51).
2. Back up all server data on the hard drive.
3. Remove one of the following: