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Removal and replacement procedures 39
To replace the component, reverse the removal procedure.
Hard drive
To remove the component:
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless
all bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
1.
Determine the status of the hard drive from the hot-plug SAS hard drive LED combinations ("SAS and
SATA hard drive LED combinations" on page 88).
2.
Back up all server data on the hard drive.
3.
Remove the hard drive.
To replace the component, reverse the removal procedure.
Hard drive cage and backplane
To remove the component:
1.
Power down the server (on page 31).
2.
Do one of the following:
o
Open or remove the tower bezel, as needed ("Front bezel" on page 32).
o
Extend the server from the rack (on page 30).
3.
Remove the access panel ("Access panel" on page 33).
4.
Remove the rack bezel (rack servers only) ("Rack bezel" on page 33).
5.
Remove all hard drives ("Hard drive" on page 39) and hard drive blanks ("Hard drive blank" on
page 38).
6.
Disconnect the 10-pin power cable from the drive cage backplane.