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Front IO power cable connector
Removing the hard drive backplane
Prerequisites
CAUTION:
To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the hard drives from the system before removing the
backplane.
CAUTION:
Note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before you remove the hard drive so that you can
replace them in the same location.
NOTE:
The procedure to remove the backplane is similar for all backplane configurations.
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Follow the safety guidelines listed in
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Follow the procedure listed in
Before working inside your system
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4
Remove all hard drives from the front bay
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5
Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.
6
Step
Press the blue release tabs and lift the backplane to disengage the backplane from the hooks on the system.
Figure 63. Removing the hard drive backplane
Next step
Install the hard drive backplane
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Installing and removing system components