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
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.
If the server is installed in a rack, remove the server from the rack.
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 backplates 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.
Procedure
- 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 from drive adapter
- 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. Removing 2.5-inch drive from drive adapter
After you finish
Install a replacement unit or filler. See Install a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive bay.
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.
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