HP DL785 - Manual (Page 37)

SAS hard drive blank
To remove a SAS hard drive blank:
1.
Squeeze the tabs on the front of the filler to release it from the slot in the drive bay.
2. Pull gently until the filler slides out of the chassis.
SAS hard drives
CAUTION: Always power down the server if the boot partition resides on the drive you are
replacing or if you are replacing the only drive in the server.
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless
all bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
To remove a SAS hard drive:
1.
Determine the status of the hard drive from the hot-plug hard drive LEDs ( “SAS and SATA
hard drive LEDs” (page 66) and “SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations” (page 66) ).
2. Back up all data on the hard drive.
3. Remove the hard drive.
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