Remove a drive cage assembly

Use this information to remove a drive cage assembly.

Procedure

1. Make preparations for this task.
   1. Remove the tray from the enclosure. See Remove a DWC tray from the enclosure.
   2. Remove the tray cover. See Remove the tray cover.
   3. Remove the cross braces. See Remove the cross braces.
2. Disconnect the cables from the system board.
   Figure 1. Drive assembly cable routing for SATA drives
   
   

   Table 1. Drive assembly cable routing for SATA drives

   System board connector	Node
   1 PCIe 2/SATA– drive 2/3	Left node
   2 Power and sideband signal for drive bay 0/1
   3 PCIe 1/SATA – drive 0/1
   4 PCIe 2/SATA– drive 2/3	Right node
   5 Power and sideband signal for drive bay 0/1
   6 PCIe 1/SATA – drive 0/1

   Figure 2. Drive assembly cable routing for all NVMe drives
   
   

   Table 2. Drive assembly cable routing for all NVMe drives

   System board connector	Node
   1 PCIe 3 – drive bay 0/1 (NVMe only)	Left node
   2 PCIe 2/SATA– drive 2/3
   3 Power and sideband signal for riser 1 or drive bay 0/1
   4 PCIe 3 – drive bay 0/1 (NVMe only)	Right node
   5 PCIe 2/SATA– drive 2/3
   6 Power and sideband signal for riser 1 or drive bay 0/1

3. Remove the drive cage assembly.
   1. Remove the 3 screws.
   2. Remove the drive assembly out of the node.
   Note

   The following illustration might differ slightly from your hardware, but the installation method is the same.

   Figure 3. One 7 mm drive cage assembly removal
   
   

   Figure 4. Two 7 mm drive cage assembly removal
   
   

   Figure 5. One 15 mm drive cage assembly removal
   
   
4. If necessary, remove the blank bezel fillers.
   Figure 6. Blank bezel filler removal