Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththenewopticaldriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallorreplacetheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage55.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatetheopticaldriveordummyopticaldrive.See“Servercomponents”onpage23.
5.Ifyouarereplacingtheopticaldrive,disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtherearof
theopticaldrive.Pressthereleasebuttoninwardandthenslidetheopticaldriveoutfromthefrontof
theserver.
Figure87.Removingtheopticaldrive
6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewopticaldrivetoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewopticaldriveoutofthepackage.
7.Slidethenewopticaldriveintothedrivebayfromthefrontuntilitissecuredbythereleasebutton1.
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