Lenovo ThinkEdge SE455 V3 User Manual page 106

• Make sure you have the drive bay fillers available if some drive bays will be left empty after the removal.
• When SED encryption is enabled, it is necessary to power cycle the system after installing an SED; without
power cycling, the SED will not be recognized by the host OS. See
Authentication Key (SED AK) " on page 211
Procedure
Step 1. Locate the front hot-swap drive to be removed.
Table 18. Front drive bay numbering (viewed from the front)
Bay 0
Bay 1
Step 2. Remove the hot-swap drive.
a. Slide the release latch to unlock the drive handle.
b. Rotate the drive handle to the open position.
c. Grasp the handle and slide the drive out of the drive bay.
Figure 66. Removing a front hot-swap drive
After this task is completed
• Install a new drive or drive filler into the vacant drive bay. See
Note: To make sure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two
minutes without either a drive or a filler installed in each bay.
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"Manage the Self Encryption Drive
for more information.
Bay 2
Bay 3
"Install a front hot-swap drive" on page 103.