Dell EMC PowerEdge T340 User Manual

Figure 44. x8 SAS/SATA backplane for 3.5-inch drives
1 ODD power connector (P1)
2 Backplane P4 power connector (BP_PWR)
3 Backplane sideband signal connector (BP_SIG)
4 Mini SAS SAS_A0
5 Mini SAS SAS_B0
Removing the drive backplane
Prerequisites
CAUTION
: Note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before you remove the drive so that you can replace them
in the same location.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3 Remove the front bezel.
4 Remove all the drives.
CAUTION
: To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the drives from the system before removing the
backplane.
5 Remove the air shroud.
Steps
1 Disconnect the data, signal, and power cables from the backplane.
2 Pull the release pin to disengage the backplane from the system.
3 Lift the backplane out of the system.
Installing and removing system components
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Dell EMC PowerEdge T340 Specifications

General

Form Factor	Tower
Chipset	Intel C246
Memory Slots	4 DIMM slots
Processor	Intel Xeon E-2200 series
Memory	Up to 64 GB DDR4
Drive Bays	Up to 8 x 3.5"
RAID Support	PERC H330
Network Interface	1 x 1 GbE
Network Options	Optional 10 GbE
Power Supply	495W
Operating System	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server