Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 - Page 147

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Thehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplaneissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand
“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage68rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Theillustrationsinthefollowingprocedureshowthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Forthe
backplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrives,thereplacementprocedureissimilar.
•Inthefollowingillustrations,systemfansareremovedinordertomakethehot-swapharddiskdrive
backplaneclearlyvisible.
Toreplacethehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage69.
4.Locatethehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.See“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage28.
5.Removealltheinstalledhot-swapharddiskdrivesanddummytrays(ifany)fromtheharddiskdrive
bays.See“Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage122
.
6.Notedownthecableconnectionsonthebackplane,andthendisconnectallcablesfromthebackplane.
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