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Remove a RAID flash power module from the middle 2.5-inch drive cage

Follow instructions in this section to remove a RAID flash power module (also called supercap) from the middle 2.5-inch drive cage.

About this task

Attention

  • 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.

  • Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system.

  • Before you remove any component of a RAID array (drive, RAID card, etc.), back up all RAID configuration information.

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

Watch the procedure
  • A video of this procedure is available at YouTube.

Procedure

  1. Make preparation for the task.
    1. If the server is installed in a rack, slide the server out on its rack slide rails to gain access to the top cover, or remove the server from the rack. See Remove the server from rack.
    2. Remove the top cover. See Remove the top cover.
    3. Disconnect the cable of the RAID flash power module.
  2. Remove the rubber on the cover of the supercap holder.
    Figure 1. Removing the rubber
    Rubber removal
  3. Open the drive cage handle.
    Figure 2. Opening the handle of the middle drive cage
    Opening the handle of the middle drive cage
  4. Remove the RAID flash power module from the middle drive cage.
    Figure 3. Removing the RAID flash power module from the middle drive cage
    Removing a RAID flash power module from the middle drive cage
    1. Pull out the blue latch on the supercap cover.
    2. Slide the cover out of the holder.
    3. Take the RAID flash power module out of the holder.

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.