NOTE: The procedure to remove the backplane is similar for all backplane configurations.
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 backplane cover.
4. If installed, remove the air shroud or remove the GPU air shroud.
5. Remove the cooling fan cage assembly.
6. Remove the drives.
7. Observe and disconnect the drive backplane cables from the connector on the system board and backplane.
NOTE: Refer Cable routing topic for more information.
Steps
1. Press the release tab to disengage the drive backplane from the hooks on the system.
2. Lift and pull the drive 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 67. Removing the drive backplane
Next steps
1. Replace the drive backplane.
Installing the drive backplane
Prerequisites
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 backplane cover.
Installing and removing system components
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