Extend the front drive cages out of the chassis

The front drive cages are secured to the chassis by shipping screws upon product delivery. The location and number of these shipping screws depend on how the server was shipped during product delivery. Remove these shipping screws before extending the front drive cages for the first time.

  • For a server that was already mounted on a rack during product delivery, there are two screws located on the rack ears. Do the following to remove these screws:

    1. If installed, remove the security bezel.

    2. Remove the shipping screws on the rack ears.

      Removing the shipping screws on the rack ears

  • For a server that was delivered in a shipping carton, the shipping screws should have been removed before the server was first installed in the rack. See "Removing the shipping screws from the front drive cages."

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, adequately stabilize the rack before extending a component outside the rack. Extend only one component at a time. A rack may become unstable if more than one component is extended.
CAUTION:

Do not operate the server for long periods with the front drive cages extended. When the front drive cages are extended while the server is powered on, do one of the following:

  • If the iLO 08-HD Max sensor reading is reporting a temperature value, monitor the status of the front drive health/thermal LED. When this LED starts flashing amber, immediately slide the drive cages back into the chassis and keep them there until the LED turns green.
  • If the iLO 08-HD Max sensor reading is reporting an N/A value, monitor how long the drive cages have been out of the chassis. Before reaching the 140 sec mark, slide the drive cages back into the chassis and keep them there for at least 300 sec before extending them out again.

Failure to observe this caution will result in improper airflow and insufficient cooling that can lead to thermal damage.

To extend the front drive cages, pull down the front drive cage release latches and use them to extend the drive cages out of the chassis.
Extending the front drive cages out of the chassis