CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before removal so that you can replace them
in the same locations.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3 Remove all the drives.
4 If installed, remove the middle cooling fan assembly.
Steps
1 Disconnect the data, signal, and power cables from the backplane.
2 Pull the release pin and holding the pin, lift the backplane out of the system.
Figure 89. Removing a backplane
Next step
1 Install a backplane.
Installing a backplane
Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
Steps
1 Use the hooks at the base of the system as guides to align the hard drive backplane.
2 Lower the hard-drive backplane into the system till the release pin locks in place, securing the hard drive backplane to the system.
3 Connect the data, signal, and power cables to the backplane.
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