Remove the Media Bay Assembly

1. Prepare the server for service.

   See Preparing the Server for Component Replacement.

2. Remove the air duct.

   See Remove the Air Duct

3. Remove all the drives from the system.

   Make a note of the locations of each drives.

   • Open Front Bezel

   • Remove a Drive

   • Remove the Optical Media Drive

4. Disconnect the following three cables from the media bay assembly:

   Figure 8  Disconnecting the Media Bay Assembly Cables

   

   Figure Legend

   1 SATA cable from motherboard (connected on optical media drive-equipped servers only)

   2Power/signal cable from the PDB

   3SAS cable from the SAS HBA

   
   
   

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   Note - You can disconnect power/signal cable from the rear of the media bay assembly or from the PDB itself after loosening the screws and lifting the assembly out of the chassis in the next step.

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5. Loosen captive screws labeled 2 and 3 on the service label, and remove non-captive screw labeled 1 closest to the front of the server.

   The following illustration shows how the service label numbers these screws.

   
   
6. Lift the media bay assembly out of the chassis.
   
7. Set the media bay assembly aside on an antistatic mat.
8. Consider your next step:

   • If you removed the media bay assembly as part of another procedure, return to that procedure.

   • Otherwise, continue to Install the Media Bay Assembly.

Related Information

• Front Panel Components on Two-Drive Systems With Bezel Removed

• Front Panel Components on Four-Drive Systems With Bezel Removed

• Install the Optical Media Drive