Lenovo System x3500 M5 Type 5464 - Hard Disk Drive Backplane Connectors

•Removethedevicefromitspackageandinstallitdirectlyintotheserverwithoutsettingdownthedevice.
Ifitisnecessarytosetdownthedevice,putitbackintoitsstatic-protectivepackage.Donotplacethe
deviceontheservercoveroronametalsurface.
•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.
Harddiskdrivebackplaneconnectors
Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthe2.5-inchand3.5-inchharddiskdrivebackplanes
andthebackplateassembly.
Status LED
(yellow)
Activity LED
(green)
Power / configuration
connector
SAS signal
connectors
Hard disk
drive connectors
Figure13.Connectorsonthe3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane
Hard disk drive connectors
Figure14.Connectorsonthe3.5-inchsimple-swapharddiskdrivebackplateassembly
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