Remove an E1.S/E3.S hot-swap drive

Follow instructions in this section to remove an E1.S or E3.S hot-swap drive.

About this task

Attention

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 EDSFF 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 assembly), drive backplanes or drive cables, back up all important data that is stored on drives.

Note

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

Procedure

Hold the handle of the EDSFF drive cage cover and pull it out of the server.
Figure 1. EDSFF drive cage cover removal
Remove the E1.S or E3.S hot-swap drive.
1. Slide the release latch to unlock the drive handle.
2. Rotate the drive handle to the open position.
3. Grasp the handle and slide the drive out of the drive bay.
  Figure 2. E1.S hot-swap drive removal
  
  Figure 3. E3.S hot-swap drive removal
  Note
  An E3.S drive in bay 2 or 3 is used as an example in the illustration. The orientation of E3.S drives in bay 0 and 1 is upside down, but the removal method is the same.
Install a drive bay filler or replacement drive as soon as possible. See Install an E1.S/E3.S hot-swap drive.
Reinstall the EDSFF drive cage cover back to the server.
Figure 4. EDSFF drive cage cover installation

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.

Demo video

E1.S hot-swap drive removal: Watch the procedure on YouTube

E3.S hot-swap drive removal: Watch the procedure on YouTube

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