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Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178
.
Installingorreplacingtheopticaldriveforservermodelswith2.5-inch-drivebays
Thistopiccontainsthefollowinginformation:
•“Removingthedrivepartition”onpage158
•“Installingtheopticaldrive”onpage159
•“Replacingtheopticaldrive”onpage163
Removingthedrivepartition
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage63.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Toremovethedrivepartition,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.
4.Locatethedrivepartition1.Thenremovetheinstalled2.5-inchdrivesanddummytrays(ifany)from
thedrivetrays16–23.
Figure140.Locatingthedrivepartition1
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