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Prepare the server for service.
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Power off the server and disconnect the power cords from the power
supplies.
See Powering Down the Server.
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Extend the server to the maintenance position.
See Extend the Server to the Maintenance Position.
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Attach an antistatic wrist strap to your wrist, and then to a metal
area on the chassis.
See Take Antistatic Measures.
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Remove the server top cover.
See Remove the Server Top Cover.
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Remove the air baffle.
See Remove the Air Baffle.
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Remove the fan modules.
See Remove a Fan Module.
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Remove the fan tray from the server.
See Remove the Fan Tray.
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Disconnect the NVMe cables from the disk backplane [1].
Press each latch, and then pull out the cables to disengage them from the
backplane connectors.
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Disconnect the NVMe cables from the Oracle PCIe NVMe switch cards in PCIe
slots 3, 4, 8, and 9 [2].
Press each latch, and then pull out the cables to disengage them from the HBA
connectors. See also Remove a PCIe Card.
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Remove the NVMe cables from the server [3].
Carefully remove the NVMe cable bundle from the chassis mid-wall. Be careful
not to snag the cables on the server components.