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Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
Removing the cooling shroud
Removing the cooling fan assembly
Hard drives
After working inside your system
Installing the hard drive backplane
Prerequisites
1.
Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2.
Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and
simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support
team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety
instructions that are shipped with your product.
Steps
1.
Connect the SAS/SATA/SSD data, signal, and power cables to the backplane.
2.
Use the hooks on the chassis as guides to align the hard drive backplane.
3.
Lower the hard drive backplane until the release tabs snap into place.
Figure 85. Installing the 2.5 inch (x16) SAS/SATA backplane
1.
hooks (3)
2.
securing slots (3)
3.
hard drive backplane
4.
backplane power cable
5.
backplane signal cable
6.
release tab (2)
7.
SAS cable (2)
8.
mini SAS connector (2)
9.
hard drive connector on the backplane
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