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Removal and replacement procedures 35
2.
Remove the drive blank.
Hot-plug SAS or SATA drive
CAUTION:
To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server
unless all bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
To remove the component:
1.
Back up all server data.
2.
Do one of the following:
o
For tower models, open and remove the tower bezel (on page 28 ).
o
For rack models, if installed, remove the security bezel (" Remove the security bezel (optional) "
on page 28 ).
3.
Determine the status of the drive from the Hot-plug drive LED definitions (on page 97 ).
To replace the component, reverse the removal procedure.
NVMe SSD
The NVMe SSD is a PCIe BUS device. A device attached to a PCIe bus cannot be removed without
allowing the device and the bus to complete and cease signal/traffic flow.
To remove the component:
1.
Determine the status of the drive from the drive LED definitions (" NVMe SSD components " on page
98 ).
2.
Back up all server data.
3.
Remove the drive:
a.
Push the Power button.