b. Gently insert your finger into the orange ring.
The figure shows the orange ring on the horizontal bracket being pushed down so that the rest of the
cable chain can be pulled out of the enclosure.
c. Pull your finger toward you to unplug the cable chain.
7. Carefully pull the entire cable chain out of the drive shelf.
8. From the back of the drive shelf, remove the left fan module.
9. Follow these steps to disconnect the left cable chain from its vertical bracket:
a. Using a flashlight, locate the orange ring on the end of the cable chain attached to the vertical bracket.
b. Insert your finger into the orange ring.
c. To unplug the cable chain, pull your finger toward you approximately 1 inch (2.5 cm), but leave the
cable chain connector within the vertical bracket.
10. Disconnect the left cable chain from the horizontal bracket, and pull the entire cable chain out of the drive
shelf.
Removing a drive drawer
After removing the right and left cable chains, you can remove the drive drawer from the
drive shelf. Removing a drive drawer entails sliding the drawer part of the way out,
removing the drives, and removing the drive drawer.
Before you begin
• You have removed the right and left cable chains for the drive drawer.
• You have replaced the right and left fan modules.
Steps
1. Remove the bezel from the front of the drive shelf.
2. Unlatch the drive drawer by pulling out on both levers.
3. Using the extended levers, carefully pull the drive drawer out until it stops. Do not completely remove the
drive drawer from the drive shelf.
4. Remove the drives from the drive drawer:
a. Gently pull back the orange release latch that is visible on the center front of each drive. The following
image shows the orange release latch for each of the drives.
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