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Remove a storage cage

Use this information to remove a storage cage.

Before you remove a storage cage, complete the following steps:

  1. Read Installation Guidelines to ensure that you work safely.

  2. If the compute node is installed in a chassis, remove it (see Remove a compute node for instructions).
  3. Carefully lay the compute node on a flat, static-protective surface, orienting the compute node with the bezel pointing toward you.

  4. Remove the compute node cover (see Remove the compute node cover for instructions).

To remove a storage cage, complete the following steps:

Figure 1. Storage cage removal
Graphic illustrating removal of a drive cage

  1. Remove any drives, optional drive components, and drive bay fillers and set them aside on a static-protective surface (see Remove a 2.5-inch hot-swap drive for instructions).
  2. Remove the drive backplane and set them aside on a static-protective surface (see Remove a 2.5-inch drive backplane for instructions).
  3. Remove the M.2 backplane if you are removing the storage cage on the left hand side (see Remove the M.2 backplane for instructions).
  4. Using a T10 Torx screwdriver, remove the four screws which secure a storage cage.
  5. Rotate the cage from under the compute node front panel; then, remove a storage cage from the compute node at an angle.

If you are instructed to return a storage cage, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.

Demo video

Watch the procedure on YouTube