Toremovethehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”on
page116.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables,
ifnecessary.
Step3.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage119).
Step4.Removethefillerpanelsfromthedrivebay.
Step5.Pulltheharddiskdrivesoutoftheserverslightlytodisengagethemfromtheharddiskdrive
backplane(see“Removinghot-swapharddiskdrives”onpage136).
Step6.Removethehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.Basedontheserverconfiguration,thehot-swap
harddiskdrivebackplanemayappearaseitherofthefollowingfour.
Stepsforremovingafour2.5-inchhot-swap-drivebackplane
Note:Twofour2.5-inchhot-swap-drivebackplanesareusedfortheeight2.5-inchhot-swap-drive
servermodel.
a.Carefullyliftthebackplaneoutofthechassisbypullingoutwardsandliftingitup.
Four 2.5-inch hot-swap-drive backplane
Figure128.Four2.5-inchhot-swap-drivebackplaneremoval
Stepforremovingaten2.5-inchhot-swap-drivebackplane
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