Skip to main content

Removing an HBA adapter

Use this information to remove an HBA adapter.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component or installing an optional device in the server, you need to take out the node out from the rack enclosure, turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect all external cables.

To remove an HBA adapter, complete the following steps.

  1. Remove the compute node (see Removing a compute node from a chassis).
  2. Remove the air baffle (see Removing the air baffle).
  3. Remove the HBA screws (x4).
  4. Carefully grasp both ends of the HBA adapter and the end of its cable, and pull the HBA adapter from the compute node.
    Figure 1. Adapter removal
    Adapter removal
  5. Remove the HBA cables from the HBA adapters.
    Figure 2. Adapter cables removal
    Adapter removal

If you are instructed to return the server component or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.