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7.
Slowly pull the SAS hard drive cage out of the server until there is enough room to reach behind the
SAS hard drive cage.
8. Disconnect all cables from the back of the SAS hard drive cage ("Hot-plug SAS and SATA hard
drive cabling" on page 92).
9. Remove the mounting screws, and pull the SAS backplane from the rear of the cage.
To replace the component, reverse the removal procedure.
Removing the power backplane
1. Power down the server (on page 27).
2. Remove all power supplies ("Removing a redundant hot-plug power supply" on page 52) and power
supply blanks ("Removing a power supply blank" on page 52).
NOTE: If you remove or replace the primary hot-plug power supply, use the T-15 Torx screwdriver provided
with the server to remove the shipping screw. It is located just under the port-colored plastic handle of the
power supply unit.
3. Extend or remove the server from the rack ("Extending the server from the rack" on page 26,
"Remove the server from the rack" on page 27).
4. Remove the access panel ("Removing the access panel" on page 28).
5. Remove the system cage ("Removing the system cage" on page 29).