Skip to main content

Remove the rack latches

Use this information to remove the rack latches.

About this task

Attention

  • Read Installation Guidelines and Safety inspection checklist to ensure that you work safely.

  • Keep static-sensitive parts in their static-protective packages until installation to prevent exposure to static electricity. Handle the parts with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding systems. Place the parts on a static-protective surface.

Procedure

  1. If the server is installed with the security bezel, remove it first. See Remove the security bezel.
  2. Remove the rack latch.
    Figure 1. Rack latch removal

    1. On each side of the server, remove the two screws that secure the rack latch.
    2. On each side of the server, remove the rack latch from the chassis as shown.

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.