Opening the appliance

Ground yourself using an antistatic wrist strap, then shut down the appliance by entering the following command at the prompt:

halt 

Unplug the appliance and disconnect it from all power sources.

Note
Because of the weight of the C2100, you should remove the power supplies before removing the appliance from the equipment rack. See Removing a power supply from the C2100.

Remove the bezel, then loosen the screws that hold the appliance to the equipment rack and remove it from the rack.

Press the black button on the left of the appliance lid, gently press the heel of your hand on the black pad on the front of the lid, then slide the lid up and to the rear of the appliance.