Installing the hard drive backplane
Prerequisites
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instructions that are shipped with your product.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the control panel flex cable, do not bend the control panel flex cable after it is inserted
into the connector.
1.
Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.
2.
Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
Steps
1.
Align the slots on the hard drive backplane with the hooks on the chassis.
2.
Press down the hard drive backplane until the release tabs snap into place.
3.
Connect the SAS/SATA/SSD data, signal, and power cables to the backplane.
Figure 92. Installing the four 3.5 inch hard drive SAS/SATA backplane
1.
guide (2)
2.
hard-drive/SSD backplane
3.
release tab (2)
4.
backplane power cable
5.
backplane signal cable
6.
SAS_A connector on the backplane
7.
hard-drive/SSD connector (4)
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