4
Remove the backplane cover.
5
Remove all hard drives from the front bay.
6
Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.
Steps
Press the release tabs and lift the backplane to disengage the backplane from the hooks on the system.
NOTE:
If you backplane has an expander board, the loosen the screws on the expander board before you remove the
backplane.
Figure 77. Removing the hard drive backplane
Figure 78. 8 X 2.5 hard drive backplane
1
release tab (2)
2
SAS cable A connector
3
backplane signal cable connector
4
backplane
5
SAS cable B connector
6
power cable connector
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