Removing a universal serial bus disk drive from the 8203-E4A, 8261-E4S, 8204-E8A

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.
3. Remove the front cover. See Removing the front cover from a rack-mounted model 8203-E4A, 8261-E4S8204-E8A or Removing the front cover from a stand-alone model 8203-E4A, 8261-E4S or 8204-E8A.
4. If you have a rack-mounted system, place the system into the service position. See Placing a rack-mounted model 8203-E4A, 8261-E4S or 8204-E8A in the service position.
5. Remove the service access cover. See Removing the service access cover from a rack-mounted model 8203-E4A, 8261-E4S,8204-E8A.
6. Remove the fans or the air flow cover by doing one of the following steps:
   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 for the 8204-E8A system

      
   2. Remove the air flow cover (B) by lifting each of the four tabs (A) to release the cover, and lift the cover from the system, as shown in the following figure.
      Figure 2. Air-flow-cover removal for the 8203-E4A and 8261-E4S systems

      
7. If you have a 2.5 in. disk drive, 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 re-connect the control panel USB cable and media connections.
8. If you have a 3.5 in. disk drive, disconnect the media-device connections from the disk unit cage and the control panel.
   1. Remove the power supply cable (E) and the USB cable (D).
      
   2. Disconnect all other cables from the disk drive backplane.
   3. Unlock the disk drive backplane by pulling the handles open from the center of the backplane.
   4. Partially pull the backplane out of the server so you can access the control panel USB cable (B).
   5. Remove the other end of the USB cable (B) from the disk unit cage.
   6. If necessary reattach the control panel USB cable (A).
      
      Note: When removing cables, ensure that you release any cable locks.
9. Press the disk unit cage back into place.
10. Secure the backplane with the locking tabs.
11. Reattach any other cables that you previously disconnected from the backplane.
12. Press the release latch (A) and unseat the media device (B) from the system as shown.
    
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 in the 8203-E4A, 8261-E4S or 8204-E8A.