Pull the release lever to disengage the drive from the backplane, and then slide the drive out of
d.
the bay.
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.
CAUTION: Do not operate the server with any of the rear drive bays empty. To maintain
proper airflow and sufficient cooling in the rear drive cage, all drive bays in this cage should
have a drive or a drive blank. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends installing at least one
drive in the rear drive cage before operating the server.
To remove the component:
Back up all server data.
1.
Access the product rear panel.
2.
To remove an LFF drive:
3.
Determine the status of the drive from the drive LED definitions
a.
Wait until the Online/Activity LED stops flashing.
b.
Press the latch to open the release lever.
c.
Pull the release lever to disengage the drive from the backplane, and then slide the drive out of
d.
the bay.
To remove an SFF drive:
4.
("Drive
LEDs" on page 135).
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