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Remove a 3.5-inch hot-swap front drive

Follow the instructions in this section to remove a front drive.

About this task

Attention

  • Read Installation Guidelines and Safety inspection checklist to ensure that you work safely.

  • Power off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables. See Power off the server.

  • 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 systems.

  1. Pull the drive tray out steadily until the drive to be removed is fully accessible.
    Figure 1. Extending the drive tray

    1. Flip both tray locks to open position as the illustration shows.
    2. Pull the tray out steadily by the blue handle.
      Note
      When pulling the tray out, pay attention to the cables that route though the cable management arm (CMA). If cables get displaced, it is required to re-route them. For more details, see Cable routing for front backplane power and Cable routing for front backplane signals.
  2. Remove a front hard drive with its bracket.
    Figure 2. Opening the drive bracket

    Figure 3. Opening the toolless drive bracket

    1. Open the drive bracket all the way up until it stops at 90 degrees, and the drive will be disengaged from the backplane automatically by then.
    2. Lift the drive out by the bracket handle.
  3. Disengage the drive from a bracket.
    Figure 4. Releasing the drive

    1. Remove the screws that secure the bracket to the drive.
    2. Open the clip on the bracket.
    3. Tilt the drive and remove it from the bracket.
    Figure 5. Releasing the toolless drive

    1. Flip the bracket handle down.
    2. Open the clip on the bracket.
    3. Flip the bracket handle back up.
    4. Push one side of the bracket aside to release the pin inserted into the drive.
    5. Tilt the drive and remove it from the bracket.

After you finish

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

Demo video

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