Remove The 7Mm Rear Drive Assembly - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 V3 User Manual

After you finish
1. Reinstall the drives or drive fillers into the rear drive cage. See
page 100.
2. Complete the parts replacement. See

Remove the 7mm rear drive assembly

Use this information to remove the rear drive assembly.
About this task
The following illustrates how to remove the 7mm rear drive assembly.
Attention:
• Read "Installation Guidelines" on page 45
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.
Watch the procedure
A video of this procedure is available at YouTube:
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Procedure
Step 1. Remove the top cover. See
Step 2. Remove the drives or drive fillers installed in the rear drive cage. See
drive" on page
Step 3. Disconnect the rear drive cage cables from the system board or the PCIe adapter. See
"Internal cable routing" on page
Notes:
• If you need to disconnect cables from the system board assembly, disengage all latches or
release tabs on cable connectors first. Failing to release the tab before removing the cables will
damage the cable sockets on the system board assembly. Any damage to the cable sockets
might require replacing the system board assembly.
• The connectors on your system board assembly might look different from those in the
illustration, but the removal procedure is the same.
1. Press the release tab to release the connector.
2. Disengage the connector from the cable socket.
ThinkSystem SR635 V3 User Guide
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"Complete the parts replacement" on page
and
.
"Remove the top cover" on page
99.
217.
"Install a 2.5-inch hot-swap drive" on
"Safety inspection checklist" on page 46
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212.
215.
to ensure that you
"Remove a 2.5-inch hot-swap
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