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Rotating the hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage up

Use this information to rotate the hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage up.

To rotate the hot-swap hard disk drive cage up, complete the following steps.

  1. Read the safety information that begins on page Safety and Installation guidelines.
  2. Turn off the server (see Turning off the server) and all attached peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all external cables as necessary to replace the device.
  3. Remove the server top cover (see Removing the server top cover.
  4. Open the two respective blue latches on the chassis 1 .
  5. Slowly rotate the rear hard disk drive cage outwards until it stops 2 .
  6. Shift the switch on the rear hard disk drive cage to the lock position to keep the hard disk drive cage fixed 3 .
    Figure 1. Hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage rotation
    Hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage rotation

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