Remove the system from the rack...............................................................................................................................................................38
Remove the access panel..................................................................................................................................................................................39
Remove the rear drive cage blank............................................................................................................................................................... 40
Remove a rear drive cage................................................................................................................................................................................. 41
Remove the PCIe riser cage.............................................................................................................................................................................43
Open the cable management holder.......................................................................................................................................................... 44
Remove the HPE Smart Storage Battery.................................................................................................................................................45
Remove the air bale...........................................................................................................................................................................................46
Removing and replacing a drive blank........................................................................................................................................................................47
Removing and replacing a drive blank from the front drive cage ........................................................................................... 47
Removing and replacing a drive blank from the rear drive cage...............................................................................................48
Removing and replacing drives.......................................................................................................................................................................................49
Removing and replacing a hot-plug drive...............................................................................................................................................49
Removing and replacing an M.2 SSD......................................................................................................................................................... 52
Removing and replacing an M.2 enablement board...........................................................................................................................................54
Removing and replacing a power supply blank.....................................................................................................................................................55
Removing and replacing a power supply.................................................................................................................................................................. 56
Removing and replacing the air bale........................................................................................................................................................................60
Removing and replacing a fan......................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
Removing and replacing a rear NVMe drive cage air bale...........................................................................................................................61
Removing and replacing a rear NVMe drive cage fan....................................................................................................................................... 62
Removing and replacing a DIMM................................................................................................................................................................................... 63
Removing and replacing a persistent memory module.................................................................................................................................... 64
Persistent memory module-processor compatibility........................................................................................................................65
Configuring the system for Intel Optane persistent memory 100 series for HPE.......................................................... 65
Persistent memory module relocation guidelines.............................................................................................................................. 65
Persistent memory module sanitization...................................................................................................................................................67
Removing and replacing a processor heatsink assembly................................................................................................................................ 67
Removing and replacing an HPE InfiniBand HDR/Ethernet 200Gb 1-port 940QSFP56 x16 adapter................................69
Removing and replacing an expansion board or type -p controller..........................................................................................................71
HPE Smart Storage Battery.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 73
Removing and replacing the HPE Smart Storage Battery.............................................................................................................73
Removing and replacing a type -a storage controller....................................................................................................................................... 74
Removing and replacing the two-slot PCIe riser board.................................................................................................................................... 75
Removing and replacing the power pass-through board................................................................................................................................76
Removing and replacing the Pensando DSP DSC-252p SFP28 card..................................................................................................... 77
Decommissioning the Pensando DSP DSC-252p SFP28 card.................................................................................................. 77
Removing the Pensando DSP DSC-252p SFP28 card ..................................................................................................................77
Replacing the Pensando DSP DSC-252p SFP28 card....................................................................................................................79
Removing and replacing the HPE NS204i-p NVMe OS Boot Device option........................................................................................80
Removing and replacing the boot device................................................................................................................................................80
Removing and replacing a boot device drive........................................................................................................................................ 81
Removing and replacing the system battery..........................................................................................................................................................84
Removing and replacing drive backplanes...............................................................................................................................................................85
Removing and replacing the front LFF drive cage backplane.....................................................................................................85
Removing and replacing the internal LFF drive cage backplane...............................................................................................87
Removing and replacing the front SFF drive cage backplane.....................................................................................................89
Removing and replacing the internal SFF drive cage backplane...............................................................................................91
Removing the four-bay LFF rear drive cage backplane..................................................................................................................94
Removing and replacing the two-bay SFF rear drive cage backplane................................................................................... 95
Removing and replacing the six-bay SFF rear drive cage backplane (SAS or SATA)...................................................96
Removing and replacing the six-bay SFF NVMe rear drive cage backplane......................................................................98
Removing and replacing the LFF drive cable track assemblies................................................................................................................... 99
Removing and replacing the SFF drive cable track assemblies................................................................................................................ 106
Removing and replacing the front I/O board.......................................................................................................................................................114
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