
Open the front bezel.........................................................................................................39
Remove the front bezel.................................................................................................... 39
Position the tower server for hardware configuration.......................................................40
Extend the server from the rack....................................................................................... 41
Remove the server from the rack.....................................................................................43
Remove the access panel................................................................................................45
Remove the air baffle....................................................................................................... 46
Remove the fan cage....................................................................................................... 47
Remove the PCI blank retainer........................................................................................ 48
Power up the server......................................................................................................... 48
Removing and replacing the front bezel..................................................................................... 49
Removing and replacing drives...................................................................................................49
Removing and replacing an LFF non-hot-plug drive........................................................ 49
Removing and replacing an LFF hot-plug drive............................................................... 51
Removing and replacing an SFF hot-plug drive...............................................................51
Removing and replacing an NVMe SSD.......................................................................... 52
Removing and replacing the drive cage blank............................................................................ 52
Removing and replacing drive blanks......................................................................................... 53
Removing and replacing the half-height media bay blank.......................................................... 54
Removing and replacing the optical drive blank......................................................................... 54
Removing and replacing the cable management arm................................................................ 55
Removing and replacing the rack rails........................................................................................56
Removing and replacing a Flexible Slot power supply............................................................... 59
Removing and replacing the non-hot-plug power supply............................................................63
Removing and replacing the power supply blank....................................................................... 65
Removing and replacing a PCI slot blank................................................................................... 66
Removing and replacing the air baffle.........................................................................................67
Removing and replacing a fan blank...........................................................................................68
Fan replacement......................................................................................................................... 69
Fan population and hot-plug support............................................................................... 69
Removing and replacing a fan......................................................................................... 70
Removing and replacing the fan cage........................................................................................ 71
Removing and replacing media devices..................................................................................... 72
Removing and replacing a SAS LTO tape drive...............................................................72
Removing and replacing a USB RDX drive......................................................................73
Removing and replacing a SATA optical drive................................................................. 74
Removing and replacing the front I/O assembly......................................................................... 76
Removing and replacing the 4 LFF hot-plug drive backplane.....................................................78
Removing and replacing the 8 SFF hot-plug drive backplane.................................................... 80
Removing and replacing the 8 SFF NVMe SSD backplane........................................................82
DIMM-processor compatibility.....................................................................................................83
Removing and replacing a DIMM.....................................................................................84
Removing and replacing a standup storage controller................................................................85
Removing and replacing a modular storage controller (AROC)..................................................86
Removing and replacing the HPE 12G SAS Expander Card......................................................87
Removing and replacing the NVMe riser board.......................................................................... 88
Removing and replacing the M.2 SSD enablement board..........................................................90
Removing and replacing an M.2 SSD.........................................................................................91
Removing and replacing an expansion board.............................................................................92
Removing and replacing an internal USB device........................................................................94
Removing and replacing an energy pack....................................................................................94
Removing and replacing the power distribution board................................................................96
System battery replacement....................................................................................................... 97
System battery information...............................................................................................98
Removing and replacing the system battery.................................................................... 98
Removing and replacing the cable clips..................................................................................... 99
Removing and replacing the system board...............................................................................100
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