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Removing a 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive

Use this information to remove a 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive.

Attention
Static electricity that is released to internal server components when the server is powered-on might cause the server to halt, which might result in the loss of data. To avoid this potential problem, always use an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system when you work inside the server with the power on.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.

To remove a 2.5-inch hot-swap 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 Removing the bezel).
  3. Press down on the release latch to open the drive handle; then, rotate the handle to pull the drive out of the drive bay.
    Figure 1. Hot-swap hard disk drive removal
    Hot-swap hard disk drive removal

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.