Disk Drives; Removing Disk Drives - IBM RS/6000 44P 170 Installation Manual

Disk Drives

Before performing these procedures, read "Safety Notices" on page vii. Use the
following steps when removing or installing a disk drive.

Removing Disk Drives

1. Unconfigure the drive you wish to remove. See "Drive Unconfiguring" on page 41
for instructions.
2. Shut down the system.
3. Unplug the power cable.
4. Remove the left side cover as described in "Removing the Left Side Cover" on
page 23.
5. Remove the cover support bridge as described in "Removing the Cover Support
Bridge" on page 26.
6. Locate the disk drive cage, as shown in the following illustration.
7. Disconnect the power and SCSI cables from the disk drives.
8. Remove the retaining screw that secures the disk drive cage to the chassis.
9. Remove the disk drive cage and disk drive(s) as a unit.
10. Remove the four screws that secure the disk drive to the disk drive cage
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