Removing the drive backplane
Prerequisites
CAUTION: You must note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before removal so that you can replace them in
the same drive slots.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
2 Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
3 Remove the drives.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, you must remove the drives from the system before removing
the backplane.
4 Disconnect the following cables from the backplane:
a Backplane signal cable
b Backplane power cable
c PERC cable
Steps
1 Press the blue release tabs to disengage the backplane from the hooks on the system.
2 Lift the backplane out of the system.
NOTE
: To avoid damaging the backplane, ensure that you move the control panel cables from the cable routing clips before
removing the backplane.
Figure 61. Removing the drive backplane
Next step
1 Replace the backplane.
Installing the drive backplane
Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
Installing and removing system components
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