1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3. Remove all the drive carriers from the mid drive tray.
4. Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.
Steps
Press the release tabs and lift the backplane out of the drive tray.
Figure 134. Removing mid drive tray backplane
Next steps
Install the mid drive tray backplane.
Installing mid drive tray backplane
The procedure to install the backplane is identical for 2.5 and 3.5 inch configurations.
Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
Steps
Align the drive backplane with the guide pin on the system and lower the drive backplane into the system until it is firmly seated.
Installing and removing system components
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