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What to do next:
• To work with another piece of hardware, go to the appropriate section.
• To complete the replacement, go to "Completing the parts replacement" on page 165.
Installing or replacing the optical drive for server models with 2.5-inch-drive bays
This topic contains the following information:
• "Removing the drive partition" on page 146
• "Installing the optical drive" on page 147
• "Replacing the optical drive" on page 151
Removing the drive partition
Attention: Do not open your server or attempt any repair before reading and understanding "Safety information"
on page iii and "Guidelines" on page 59.
Before you begin, print all the related instructions or ensure that you can view the PDF version on another
computer for reference.
To remove the drive partition, do the following:
1. Remove all external media from the drives and turn off all attached devices and the server. Then,
disconnect all power cords from electrical outlets and disconnect all cables that are connected to
the server.
2. Prepare your server. See "Removing or extending the server from the rack cabinet" on page 61.
3. Remove the server cover. See "Removing the server cover" on page 61.
4. Locate the drive partition
the drive trays 16–23.
Figure 126. Locating the drive partition
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1 . Then remove the installed 2.5-inch drives and dummy trays (if any) from
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