Removing a universal serial bus disk drive from 8233-E8B or 8236-E8C

Learn to remove the universal serial bus (USB) disk drive to service the system or replace a failed drive.

1. Power off the system. See Stopping the system or logical partition.
2. 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.

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3. Remove the front cover. See Removing the front cover.
4. Place the system into the service position. See Placing the system into the service position.
5. Remove the service access cover. See Removing the service access cover.
6. 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.
7. Remove the fans.
   1. Remove the fan by squeezing the tab (A) and lifting it out of the system as shown in the following figure.
      Figure 1. Fan removal

      
   2. Remove the blue air baffles as shown in the following figure.
      Figure 2. Air baffle removal

      
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) and lifting it out of the system, as shown in the following figure.
      Figure 3. Fan removal

      
      Remove the blue air baffles as shown in the following figure.

      Figure 4. Air baffle removal

      
      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 5. Fan cage removal

      
9. Disconnect the media-device connections from the system backplane.
   
   Note:

   • When removing cables, ensure that you release any cable locks.
   • Optional: If you do not intend to replace the USB disk drive, you can reconnect the control panel USB cable and media connections.
10. Reattach any other cables that you previously disconnected from the backplane.
11. Reinstall the fans into the 8233-E8B or 8236-E8C system.
    1. Replace the fan cage by inserting it into the system and tightening the thumbscrews (B).
       
       Replace the blue air baffles as shown in the following figure.
       
       Replace the fans by inserting them into the fan cage until they lock into place, as shown in the following figure.
       
12. Press the release latch (A) and unseat the media device (B) from the system as shown.
    Note: You need to remove the media cables (A) and (B) provided at the back of the device before removing the media device.
    
13. Pull the media device from the system.
14. If you removed the media device as a part of another procedure, return to that procedure.
15. If you removed the media device to replace the media device, see Installing a universal serial bus disk drive.