Removing a disk drive from the 8001-12C, 8001-22C, 8005-12N, or 8005-22N system

Learn how to remove a disk drive in the IBM® Power® System S821LC (8001-12C), the IBM Power System S822LC for Big Data (8001-22C), the IBM CS821 (8005-12N), or the IBM CS822 (8005-22N) systems.

1. Attach the electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap.
   Attention:

   • Attach an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap to the front ESD jack, to the rear ESD jack, or to an unpainted metal surface of your hardware to prevent the electrostatic discharge from damaging your hardware.
   • When you use an ESD wrist strap, follow all electrical safety procedures. An ESD wrist strap is used 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 an ESD 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.
2. Locate the drive. Ensure that the media device is unmounted from the Linux system and if needed, remove the media from the device. Ensure that the media device is unmounted from the Linux system and if needed, remove the media from the device.

   Based on how the drive is connected, use the following table to identify the drive, and to enable the drive to be safely removed from the system.

   Drive type	Use these commands
   SATA drives connected to system backplane	mvCLI commands
   SATA or SAS drives connected to Low Profile 12Gb/s 8-port SAS Internal RAID Adapter (FC EKAA)	StorCLI commands
   SATA or SAS drives connected to 12Gb/s 8-Port SAS Internal RAID Adapter (FC EKAB)	sas3ircu commands
   NVMe drives connected to Dual-port Internal NVMe Host Bus Adapter (FC EKAE)	NVMe commands

3. Unlock the drive bay handle (B) by pushing in the handle release (A) as shown in Figure 1. The handle (B) snaps out towards you. If the handle does not snap out all the way, the drive does not slide out of the system. If the drive does not match the serial number you wrote down in the previous step, reinstall the drive in the bay you removed it from, and check the other drive bays.
   Figure 1. Removing a drive

   
4. Support the bottom of the drive as you slide it out of the system. Do not hold the drive by the handle.
5. If you are removing more than one drive, repeat the steps in this procedure until all drives are removed.
6. Remove a drive from the tray.
   • For a 3.5-inch drive, unfasten the drive from the sides of the tray by removing four screws (2 on each side), as shown in Figure 2.
     Figure 2. Removing the 3.5-inch drive from the tray

     
   • A 2.5-inch drive slides out of the tray.
     1. Turn the tray upside down as shown in Figure 3.
     2. Open the retention spring (A).
     3. Lift the 2.5-inch drive (B) out of the tray as shown in Figure 4.
     4. Close the retention spring.
     5. Turn the tray right side up.
     Figure 3. Turning the 2.5-inch tray upside-down

     
     Figure 4. Removing the 2.5-inch drive from the tray