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Removal and replacement procedures 25
Hard drive blank
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server
blade or the enclosure unless all hard drive and device bays are populated with either a
component or a blank.
Remove the component as indicated.
To replace the blank, slide the blank into the bay until it locks into place.
Hard drive
To remove the component:
1. Determine the status of the hard drive from the hot-plug SAS hard drive LED combinations ("SAS and
SATA hard drive LED combinations" on page 52).
2. Back up all server data on the hard drive.
3. Remove the hard drives:
a. Hard drive 1