Remove a hot-swap M.2 drive assembly
Follow the instructions in this section to remove a hot-swap M.2 drive assembly.
About this task
Read Installation Guidelines and Safety inspection checklist to ensure that you work safely.
To make sure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two minutes without either a drive or a filler installed in each bay.
If one or more NVMe solid-state drives are to be removed, it is recommended to disable them beforehand via the operating system.
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.
Before you remove any component of a RAID array (drive, RAID card, etc.), back up all RAID configuration information.
Procedure
- Remove a hot-swap M.2 drive assembly.
Slide the release latch to unlock the handle.
Rotate the handle to the open position.
Grasp the handle and slide the drive assembly out of the drive bay.
Figure 1. Removing a hot-swap M.2 drive assembly
- Install a drive tray or replacement drive assembly as soon as possible.
- If no replacement drive assembly is to be installed, install a drive tray to the vacant drive bay for adequate system cooling. To separate the drive tray from the hot-swap M.2 drive assembly, see Disassemble an M.2 drive assembly.Figure 2. Installing an M.2 drive tray
- Make sure that the handle is in the open position. Then, align the tray with the guide rails in the bay and gently push the tray into the bay until the tray stops.
- Rotate the handle to the fully closed position until the handle latch clicks.
- If no replacement drive assembly is to be installed, install a drive tray to the vacant drive bay for adequate system cooling. To separate the drive tray from the hot-swap M.2 drive assembly, see Disassemble an M.2 drive assembly.
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.
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