Remove the Optical Media Drive

1. Prepare the server for optical media drive removal. See:
   • Power Off the Server
   • Perform Antistatic Measures
2. Open the bezel.
3. Pull the release tab out and to the left, freeing the optical media drive and attached housing (Releasing the Optical Media Drive).
4. Pull the rear release lever out and to the right, freeing the optical media drive from the housing (Releasing the Optical Media Drive).

   Figure 3-4  Releasing the Optical Media Drive

   
   
5. Set the optical media drive aside on an antistatic mat.
6. Consider your next step:
   • If you removed the optical media drive as part of another procedure, return to that procedure.
   • Otherwise, continue to Install the Optical Media Drive.