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Maintaining the Server
• Green—The drive is in use and functioning properly. Do not remove.
• Green, blinking—the driver is unloading following a shutdown command. Do not remove.
• Off—The drive is not in use and can be safely removed.
b) Press the release button on the face of the drive tray.
c) Grasp and open the ejector lever and then pull the drive tray out of the slot.
d) Remove the four drive tray screws that secure the SSD to the tray and then lift the SSD out of the tray.
If this is the first time that rear-loading NVMe SSDs are being installed in the server, you must install a PCIe
Note
cable with PCIe riser 2B or 2C.
The server must also have an optional rear drive backplane (see
Assembly, on page
Step 2 Install a new front-loading NVMe SSD:
a) Place a new SSD in the empty drive tray and install the four drive-tray screws.
b) With the ejector lever on the drive tray open, insert the drive tray into the empty drive bay.
c) Push the tray into the slot until it touches the backplane, and then close the ejector lever to lock the drive in place.
Step 3 Observe the drive-tray LED and wait until it returns to solid green before accessing the drive:
• Off—The drive is not in use.
• Green, blinking—the driver is initializing following hot-plug insertion.
• Green—The drive is in use and functioning properly.
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Replacing Rear-Loading NVMe SSDs
Replacing a Rear-Loading Drive Backplane
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