Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Removing and Reinstalling the Rack Handles

Notes:
•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIcardslotscovered
oroccupied.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIcard,savetheEMIshieldordummytrayfromthe
drivebayorsavethePCIcardslotbracketincaseyoulaterremovethedevice.
Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIcardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,filler,orany
otherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheating
orcomponentdamage.
Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstalltherackhandles.Thistopiccontainsthe
followingitems:
•“Removingandreinstallingtherackhandlesforservermodelswithtwelve3.5-inchhard-disk-drive
bays”onpage93
•“Removingandreinstallingtherackhandlesforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays
andservermodelswith2.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”onpage96
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Removingandreinstallingtherackhandlesforservermodelswithtwelve3.5-inch
hard-disk-drivebays
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage87.
Toremoveandreinstalltherackhandlesforservermodelswithtwelve3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays,
dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage89.
4.Locatethebackplane.See“Componentsofservermodelswithtwelve3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”
onpage36.
Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware93