Remove the chassis from the rack
Prerequisites
A fully populated chassis is very heavy. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends removing the external
chassis components before removing the chassis from the rack.
1. Power down the servers.
2. Remove all power:
a. Disconnect each power cord from the power source.
b. Disconnect each power cord from the chassis.
3. Disconnect all peripheral cables from the servers and chassis.
4. If installed, remove the front bezel.
5. Remove the LFF hot-plug drives.
6. If installed, remove the RCM module.
7. Remove the power supplies.
8. If installed, remove the server blanks.
9. Remove the server nodes.
Procedure
1. Loosen the rack ear thumbscrews.
2. Pull the thumbscrews to extend the chassis out of the rack until the rack rail lock is engaged.
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Removal and replacement procedures