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10.Reinstallallthehot-swapharddiskdrivesanddummytrays(ifany)intheharddiskdrivebays.See
“Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage148.
11.Refertoyournotetoconnectthecablestothenewbackplane.
12.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane,followallpackaging
instructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage182
.
Replacingthebackplaneforservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage81.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethebackplaneforservermodelswith2.5-inchhard
diskdrivebays.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithoneortwo2.5-inchharddisk
drivebackplanes.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Toclearlyshowthebackplane,thesystemfansareomittedfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreplacethebackplaneforservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.
4.Locatethebackplane.See“Componentsofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”on
page34
.
5.Removealltheinstalled2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesanddummytrays(ifany)fromtheharddisk
drivecage(rightcageormiddlecage).See“Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive”on
page148.
6.Recordthecableconnectionsonthebackplaneandthendisconnectallcablesfromthebackplane.
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