Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive

Use this information to remove a hot-swap hard disk drive from the server.

Attention:

• To avoid damage to the drive connectors, make sure that the server cover is in place and fully closed whenever you install or remove a drive.
• To make sure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than 2 minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed in each bay.

Figure 1. Hot-swap hard disk drive removal

To remove a hot-swap hard disk drive, complete the following steps:

1. Read the safety information that begins on page Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. Press the release latch on the side of the drive front.
3. Grasp the handle and pull the hot-swap drive assembly out of the drive bay.
   Note

   You might have to reconfigure the disk arrays after you remove a hard disk drive. See the RAID documentation on the ServeRAID Support CD for information about RAID controllers.

If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to Completing the installation.