Removal and replacement procedures 51
Removing a hard drive blank
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.
To remove the hard drive blank, squeeze the tabs, and pull the blank out of the server.
To replace the component, reverse the removal procedure.
Removing a hot-plug SAS 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 ("SAS and SATA hard drive
LED combinations" on page 86).
2. Back up all server data on the hard drive to be removed.
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