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Remove the access panel (on page 22).
5. Remove all drives ("Removing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive" on page 55) and drive blanks
("Removing the hard drive blank" on page 54).
6. Disconnect and remove all cables connected to the drive backplane.
7. Remove the 8SFF SAS/SATA drive backplane ("Removing the 8 SFF drive backplane" on page 25).
8. Install the 8SFF Express Bay backplane.
9. Install the 2SFF Express Bay Enablement Option ("2SFF Express Bay drive backplane" on page
59).
10. Remove the primary PCI riser cage ("Remove the PCI riser cage" on page 23).
11. Install the Express Bay Bridge card in slot 1 of the primary PCI riser cage.
12. Install the primary PCI riser cage ("Install the PCI riser cage" on page 24).
13. Cable the 10SFF (6 NVMe + 4 SAS/SATA) Express Bay Enablement Options ("10SFF (6 NVMe + 4
SAS/SATA) Express Bay Enablement Option cabling" on page 114).
14. Install the high-performance fans ("High-performance fan option" on page 33).
15. Install the NVMe drives ("Installing the NVMe drives" on page 55). For more information on which
bays support NVMe drives, see "Device numbers (on page 17)."
16. Install the SAS or SATA drives ("Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive" on page 54). For more
information on which bays support SAS and SATA drives, see "Device numbers (on page 17)."
17. Install the access panel (on page 22).
18. Install the server into the rack.