Lenovo 7D7Q, Maintenance Manual

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Attention:
An unoccupied drive bay without any other protection might impact the EMI integrity and cooling
of the server, which might result in overheating or component damage. To maintain the EMI integrity and
cooling of the server, install a new drive as soon as you remove the failing one or the dummy tray.
Remove a 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive bay
Use this information to remove 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive bay.
About this task
Attention:
• Read the following section(s) to ensure that you work safely.
– “Safety” on page iii
– “Installation Guidelines” on page 51
• Turn off the server. Disconnect the power cords and all external cables. See “Power off the server” on
page 11 .
• To avoid damage to the drive connectors, make sure that the server top cover is in place and fully closed
whenever you install or remove a simple-swap drive.
• For proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more than 2 minutes without either a drive or a
filler panel installed in each bay.
• Before you remove or make changes to drives, drive controllers (including controllers that are integrated
on the system board), drive backplanes or drive cables, back up all important data that is stored on drives.
• If an NVMe drive is to be removed, it is recommended to disable it beforehand via the operating system.
• Before you remove any component of a RAID array, back up all RAID configuration information.
Note:
Make sure you have the drive bay fillers available if some drive bays will be left empty after the
removal.
Procedure
Step 1. Remove the simple-swap drive. See “Remove a simple-swap drive” on page 69 .
Step 2. Remove the five screws that secure the 2.5-inch drive and the drive adapter; then, remove the 2.5-
inch drive and the drive adapter from the tray.
Figure 45. Removing the screws that secure the 2.5-inch drive and the drive adapter
Step 3. Remove the two screws that secure the 2.5-inch drive; then, lift the drive up to remove it from the
drive adapter.
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