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.
- Back up all server data.
- Access the product rear panel.
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To remove an LFF drive:
- Determine the status of the drive from the drive LED definitions.
- Wait until the Online/Activity LED stops flashing.
- Press the latch to open the release lever.
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Pull the release lever to disengage the drive from the backplane, and then slide the drive out of the bay.
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To remove an SFF drive: .
- Determine the status of the drive from the drive LED definitions.
- Wait until the icon in the Do Not Remove button stops flashing and is no longer illuminated.
- Press the Do Not Remove button to open the release lever.
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Pull the release lever to disengage the drive from the backplane, and then slide the drive out of the bay.