Removing the server from the rack
WARNING: This server is heavy. To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment:
• Observe local occupational health and safety requirements and guidelines for manual material
handling.
• Get help to lift and stabilize the product during installation or removal, especially when the
product is not fastened to the rails. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that a minimum of
two people are required for all rack server installations. A third person may be required to help
align the server if the server is installed higher than chest level.
• Use caution when installing the server in or removing the server from the rack; it is unstable
when not fastened to the rails.
Procedure
1. Powering down the server on page 28.
2. Remove all power:
a. Disconnect each power cord from the power source.
b. Disconnect each power cord from the server.
3. Disconnect all peripherals cables from the server.
4. If installed, unlock and remove the security padlock and/or the Kensington security lock.
5.
Extend the server from the rack.
6. Remove the server from the tray.
7. Place the server on a flat, level surface with access panel facing up.
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