Hot-Swap Rear Drive Assembly Replacement; Remove The Hot-Swap Rear Drive Assembly - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR645 Maintenance Manual

Hot-swap rear drive assembly replacement

Use this information to remove and install the hot-swap rear drive assembly.
Note: The term "hot-swap drive" refers to all the supported types of 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and
hot-swap solid-state drives.

Remove the hot-swap rear drive assembly

Use this information to remove the hot-swap rear drive assembly.
About this task
The following illustrates how to remove the 2.5-inch rear drive assembly. You can remove the 7mm rear drive
assembly in the same way.
Attention:
• Read Installation Guidelines to ensure that you work safely.
• Power off the server and disconnect all power cords for this task.
• Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-
sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with
an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system.
A video for this task is available at:
• Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYV5R7hVcs-DY1RaWHYM4xDloAwuBQHR0
• Youku:
http://list.youku.com/albumlist/show/id_52339628
Procedure
Step 1. Remove the top cover. See Remove the top cover.
Step 2. Remove the drives or drive fillers installed in the hot-swap rear drive cage. See Remove a hot-swap
drive.
Step 3. Disconnect the hot-swap rear drive cage cables from the system board or the PCIe adapter.
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