Remove a drive from the rear drive cage

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives, power input modules, and the internal system components to cool before touching them.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives, power input modules, and the internal system components to cool before touching them.
  1. Back up all server data.
  2. Access the product rear panel.
  3. To remove an LFF drive:
    1. Determine the status of the drive from the drive LED definitions.
    2. Wait until the Online/Activity LED stops flashing.
    3. Press the latch to open the release lever.
    4. Pull the release lever to disengage the drive from the backplane, and then slide the drive out of the bay.
      Removing a drive
  4. To remove an SFF drive: .
    1. Determine the status of the drive from the drive LED definitions.
    2. Wait until the icon in the Do Not Remove button stops flashing and is no longer illuminated.
    3. Press the Do Not Remove button to open the release lever.
    4. Pull the release lever to disengage the drive from the backplane, and then slide the drive out of the bay.
      Removing a drive