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Removing a SAS or SATA media device from 8233-E8B or 8236-E8C

You can remove a serial-attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) media device.

If your system is managed by the IBM® Systems Director Management Console (SDMC), use the SDMC to complete the steps for removing media devices from the server. For instructions, see Removing a part using the Systems Director Management Console.

If your system is managed by the Hardware Management Console (HMC), use the HMC to complete the steps for removing media devices from the server. For information about using the HMC to remove media devices, see Removing a part using the Hardware Management Console.

If you do not have an HMC or SDMC, complete the following steps to remove the media device:

Before you remove a media device, perform the prerequisite tasks described in Before you begin.

To remove a SAS media device, complete the following steps:

  1. Stop the media device and eject any media.
  2. Power off the system. See Stopping the system or logical partition.
  3. Disconnect the power cords from the system.
    Note: This system has a second power supply. Before continuing with this procedure, ensure that the power source to the system has been disconnected.

    (L003)

    Hazardous voltage or energy levels are present inside any component that has this label attached. Do not open any cover or barrier that contains this label.
    or
    Hazardous voltage or energy levels are present inside any component that has this label attached. Do not open any cover or barrier that contains this label.

  4. Remove the front cover. See Removing the front cover.
  5. Place the system into the service position. See Placing the system into the service position.
  6. Remove the service access cover. See Removing the service access cover.
  7. Attach the wrist strap.
    Attention:
    • Attach a wrist strap to an unpainted metal surface of your hardware to prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD) from damaging your hardware.
    • When using a wrist strap, follow all electrical safety procedures. A wrist strap is for static control. It does not increase or decrease your risk of receiving electric shock when using or working on electrical equipment.
    • If you do not have a wrist strap, just prior to removing the product from ESD packaging and installing or replacing hardware, touch an unpainted metal surface of the system for a minimum of 5 seconds.
  8. Remove the fans and fan cage.
    Note: Although the following figures show a media device, you have already removed the media device filler and your system will have an empty space until you complete all the steps.
    1. Remove the fan by squeezing or lifting the tab (A), depending on your model, and lifting it out of the system as shown in the following figure.
      Figure 1. Fan removal
      Removing the fan
    2. Remove the blue air baffles as shown in the following figure.
      Figure 2. Air baffle removal
      Removing air baffles
    3. Remove the fan cage (B) by unscrewing the thumbscrews (A) and lifting out the fan cage.
      Note: If the thumbscrews are too tight, you might need a flat-head screwdriver to complete this step. To pull the fan cage out of the system, you might need to unplug the control panel cable to allow more space.
      Figure 3. Fan cage removal
      Removing the fan cage
  9. If you are replacing the media device cable, disconnect the media-device connections from the system backplane.
    Remove cables
  10. Press the release latch (A) and unseat the media device (B) from the system as shown.
    Note: You need to remove the media cable (C) attached at the back of the device before removing the media device.
    Remove media device
  11. Pull the media device from the system.
  12. If you removed the media device as a part of another procedure, return to that procedure.
  13. If you removed the media device to replace the media device, see Installing a SAS media device.
Parent topic: Removing and installing media devices in 8233-E8B or 8236-E8C

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Last updated: Wed, November 13, 2013