Drive bay
Opening the drive bays
Prerequisites
CAUTION:
Drive bays should not be in service position for more than 5 minutes because of thermal concerns. When the
drive bay is open for more than five minutes, the cooling fans spin at a higher speed to provide extra cooling to the
system. Thus system health status changes from the normal to critical state, and system event "The BP1 drive bay is
kept open for an extended period of time" is logged.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2. If installed,
Steps
1. If locked, unlock the drive bay lock located above the left release latch, by pushing it up.
2. Open the release latches of drive bay 1 and pull the drive bays out.
Figure 32. Opening the drive bays
Next steps
1. If installed,
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2. If installed,
Closing the drive bays
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2. If installed,
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