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Removing the bezel

Use this information to remove the bezel.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to slide the server out from the rack enclosure, turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.

To remove the bezel, complete the following steps.

  1. If the server has been installed in a rack, press the two release latches on the front of the server and remove the server out of the rack enclosure.
    Attention
    Two or more people are required to remove the server from a rack cabinet.
  2. Remove the drives and drive bay filler panels from the drive bays (see Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive, or Removing a simple-swap hard disk drive, or Removing the optional DVD drive).
  3. Remove the screws from the bezel.
    Figure 1. Bezel removal
    Bezel removal
  4. Pull the top of the bezel out slightly; then, rotate it downward until the tabs on the bottom of the bezel disengages from the chassis and set it aside.

If you are instructed to return the server component or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.