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Remove a 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive bay

Use this information to remove 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive bay.

About this task

Attention
  • Read the following section(s) to ensure that you work safely.

  • Turn off the server. Disconnect the power cords and all external cables. See Power off the server.

  • To avoid damage to the drive connectors, make sure that the server top cover is in place and fully closed whenever you install or remove a simple-swap drive.

  • For proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more than 2 minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed in each bay.

  • Before you remove or make changes to drives, drive controllers (including controllers that are integrated on the system board), drive backplanes or drive cables, back up all important data that is stored on drives.

  • If an NVMe drive is to be removed, it is recommended to disable it beforehand via the operating system.

  • Before you remove any component of a RAID array, back up all RAID configuration information.

Note
Make sure you have the drive bay fillers available if some drive bays will be left empty after the removal.

Procedure

  1. Remove the simple-swap drive. See Remove a simple-swap drive.
  2. Remove the five screws that secure the 2.5-inch drive and the drive adapter; then, remove the 2.5-inch drive and the drive adapter from the tray.
    Figure 1. Removing the screws that secure the 2.5-inch drive and the drive adapter
    Removing the screws that secure the 2.5-inch drive and the drive adapter
  3. Remove the two screws that secure the 2.5-inch drive; then, lift the drive up to remove it from the drive adapter.
    Figure 2. 2.5-inch drive removal from the drive adapter
    2.5-inch drive removal from the drive adapter

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.