Installing the hard drive backplane
Prerequisites
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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.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the control panel ex cable, do not to bend the control panel ex cable after it is inserted into
the connector.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.
2 Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
Steps
1 Align the slots on the backplane release tabs with the guide pins on the chassis.
2 Slide the hard drive backplane into the chassis until the release tabs snap into place.
3 Connect the SAS/SATA data, signal, and power cable(s) to the backplane.
Figure 74. Installing the four 3.5-inch hot swappable SAS/SATA hard drive backplane
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guide (2) 2 hard drive backplane
3 release tab (2) 4 backplane power cable
5 backplane signal cable 6 SAS_A connector on the backplane
7 hard drive connector (4)
Next steps
1 Install the hard drives in their original locations.
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