About this task
Attention:
• Read
“Installation Guidelines” on page 47 and “Safety inspection checklist” on page 48 to ensure that you
work safely.
• Power off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables. See
“Power off the server” on page 62.
• Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-
sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with
an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system.
• Before you remove or make changes to drives, drive controllers (including controllers that are integrated
on the system board assembly), drive backplanes or drive cables, back up all important data that is stored
on drives.
• Before you remove any component of a RAID array (drive, RAID card, etc.), back up all RAID configuration
information.
• If one or more NVMe solid-state drives are to be removed, it is recommended to disable them beforehand
via the operating system.
Procedure
Step 1. Make preparation for the task.
a. If the server is installed in a rack, slide the server out on its rack slide rails to gain access to the
top cover, or remove the server from the rack. See
“Remove the server from rack” on page 63.
b. Remove the top cover. See
“Remove the top cover” on page 277.
c. Remove the system fan cage for easier operation. See
“Remove the system fan cage” on page
269
.
d. Disconnect cables from the middle drive backplanes.
Step 2. Remove the middle drive cage.
Note: The illustration shows removing the middle 2.5-inch drive cage. The procedure is the same
for removing the middle 3.5-inch drive cage.
Figure 120. Removing the middle drive cage
a. Rotate the drive cage handle to open it.
b.
Remove the drives from the drive cage.
c. Pull and twist plunger pins to release the drive cage.
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