Remove the rear top cover

Follow instructions in this section to remove the rear top cover.

About this task

S033

CAUTION

Hazardous energy present. Voltages with hazardous energy might cause heating when shorted with metal, which might result in spattered metal, burns, or both.

S014

CAUTION

Hazardous voltage, current, and energy levels might be present. Only a qualified service technician is authorized to remove the covers where the label is attached.

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.

Procedure

1. If the server is installed in a rack, remove the server from the rack. See Remove the server from the rack.
2. Remove the rear top cover.
   Attention

   Handle the top cover carefully. Dropping the top cover with the cover latch open might damage the cover latches.

   Figure 1. Top cover removal
   

   

   
   
   1. Use a screwdriver to remove the screw that locks the rear top cover.
   2. Install the screw to the backup screw hole beside to keep it for future use.
   3. Press the release buttons on the cover and pull it backwards.