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Removing a 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive

Use this information to remove a 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drive.

Attention
To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more than 10 minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed in each drive bay.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

To remove a 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drive, complete the following steps.

  1. Unlock the left-side cover.
    Note
    You must unlock the left-side cover to open or remove the bezel. When you lock the left-side cover, it locks both the cover and the bezel.
  2. Open the bezel (see Opening the bezel media door).
  3. Rotate the drive tray handle of the drive assembly to the open position.
  4. Grasp the handle of the drive and pull the drive out of the bay.
    Figure 1. Pull out the drive
    Pull out the drive

If you are instructed to return the server component or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.