
Power down the server............................................................................................................................................................................ 36
Extend the server from the rack.........................................................................................................................................................36
Remove the server from the rack...................................................................................................................................................... 37
Access the product rear panel.............................................................................................................................................................37
Remove the access panel........................................................................................................................................................................38
Removing the air bale............................................................................................................................................................................38
Release the full-length expansion board retainer....................................................................................................................39
Removing and replacing a drive blank.............................................................................................................................................................40
Removing and replacing drives............................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Removing and replacing a hot-plug drive.................................................................................................................................... 41
Removing and replacing an NVMe drive.......................................................................................................................................41
Removing and replacing an M.2 SSD...............................................................................................................................................42
Removing and replacing the hot-plug fan..................................................................................................................................................... 43
Removing and replacing a power supply blank.......................................................................................................................................... 44
Removing and replacing the AC power supply........................................................................................................................................... 44
Removing and replacing the primary or secondary PCIe riser cages.............................................................................................45
Removing and replacing the tertiary PCIe riser cage..............................................................................................................................46
Removing and replacing the PCIe riser blank.............................................................................................................................................. 47
Removing and replacing the PCIe riser board............................................................................................................................................. 48
Removing and replacing an expansion slot blank..................................................................................................................................... 50
Removing and replacing an expansion board..............................................................................................................................................51
Removing and replacing the fan cage.............................................................................................................................................................. 52
Removing and replacing the FlexibleLOM.....................................................................................................................................................53
Removing and replacing the small form factor universal media bay............................................................................................. 54
Removing and replacing the LFF power switch module........................................................................................................................55
Removing and replacing the SFF optical drive............................................................................................................................................56
Removing and replacing the LFF optical drive............................................................................................................................................58
Removing and replacing the 8SFF drive cage............................................................................................................................................. 59
Removing and replacing the 8SFF drive backplane.................................................................................................................................60
Removing and replacing the 2SFF front drive cage.................................................................................................................................61
Removing and replacing the 2SFF rear drive bay and riser cage.................................................................................................... 62
Removing and replacing the 2SFF drive cage............................................................................................................................................. 63
Removing and replacing the 2SFF rear drive backplane.......................................................................................................................64
Removing and replacing a 4LFF midplane cage.........................................................................................................................................65
Removing and replacing a 3LFF rear drive cage........................................................................................................................................66
Removing and replacing the 3LFF rear drive backplane.......................................................................................................................67
Removing and replacing the LFF backplane assembly.......................................................................................................................... 68
Removing and replacing a front LFF drive backplane............................................................................................................................ 69
Removing and replacing a rear serial port interface (primary/secondary).................................................................................70
Removing and replacing a rear serial port interface (tertiary riser)...............................................................................................71
Removing a rear serial port interface (tertiary)........................................................................................................................ 71
Replacing a rear serial port interface (tertiary).........................................................................................................................72
Removing and replacing an SFF power switch module..........................................................................................................................72
Removing and replacing an SFF chassis ear.................................................................................................................................................73
Removing and replacing the front I/O board in the LFF right chassis ear..................................................................................74
Removing and replacing the LFF chassis ear assembly.........................................................................................................................76
Removing and replacing an accelerator or GPU.........................................................................................................................................78
DIMM-processor compatibility..............................................................................................................................................................................79
Removing and replacing a DIMM.......................................................................................................................................................80
Removing and replacing a heatsink...................................................................................................................................................................81
Removing and replacing a processor................................................................................................................................................................83
Removing and replacing an energy pack........................................................................................................................................................88
Removing and replacing a Smart Array type-a modular controller................................................................................................ 89
System battery replacement..................................................................................................................................................................................90
System battery information.................................................................................................................................................................. 90
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