Procedure
1. Do one of the following:
• For tower models, open and remove the tower bezel.
• For rack models, if installed, remove the security bezel.
2. Remove the drive blank.
Removing a SAS/SATA drive
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 component:
Procedure
1. Back up all server data.
2. Do one of the following:
• For tower models, open and remove the tower bezel.
• For rack models, if installed, remove the security bezel.
3. Determine the status of the drive from the Hot-plug drive LED definitions.
To replace the component, reverse the removal procedure.
Removing and replacing an NVMe SSD
The NVMe SSD is a PCIe BUS device. A device attached to a PCIe bus cannot be removed without allowing
the device and the bus to complete and cease signal/traffic flow.
To remove the component:
36 Removing a SAS/SATA drive