Remove A Hot-Swap Drive - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR655 V3 User Manual

drive fillers. When installing a drive, save the removed drive filler in case that you later remove the drive
and need the drive filler to cover the place.
• To avoid damage to the drive connectors, ensure that the top cover is in place and fully closed whenever
you install or remove a drive.

Remove a hot-swap drive

Follow instructions in this section to remove a hot-swap drive.
About this task
Attention:
• Read "Installation Guidelines" on page 35
work safely.
• To avoid damage to the drive connectors, make sure that the server top cover is in place and fully closed
whenever you install or remove a drive.
• Before you remove or make changes to drives, drive controllers (including controllers that are integrated
on the system board assembly), drive backplanes or drive cables, back up all important data that is stored
on drives.
• Before you remove any component of a RAID array (drive, RAID card, etc.), back up all RAID configuration
information.
• If one or more NVMe solid-state drives are to be removed, it is recommended to disable them beforehand
via the operating system.
• To ensure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two minutes
without either a drive or a drive filler installed in each bay.
Note: Make sure you have the drive bay fillers available if some drive bays will be left empty after the
removal.
Watch the procedure
A video of this procedure is available at YouTube:
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Procedure
Step 1. If the security bezel is installed, remove it first. See
Step 2. Slide the release latch to unlock the drive handle.
and "Safety inspection checklist" on page 36
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"Remove the security bezel" on page
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