Replacingthehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage59.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Thehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplaneissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand
“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage60firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Theillustrationsinthefollowingprocedureshowthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Forthe
backplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrives,thereplacementprocedureissimilar.
Toreplacethehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage61.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage61.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage64.
5.Locatethehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane.See“Servercomponents”onpage25.
6.Removealltheinstalledhot-swapharddiskdrivesanddummytrays(ifany)fromthehard-disk-drive
bays.See“Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage123.
7.Recordthecableconnectionsonthebackplaneandthendisconnectallthecablesfromthebackplane.
8.Pressthetwolatches1inthedirectionasshownuntilthelatchesaredisengagedfromthechassis.
Carefullyliftthebackplanestraightupalittlebitsothatthesmallhooksonthechassisarealignedwith
thecorrespondingholesinthebackplane.Then,movethebackplanetotherearofthechassisto
releasethebackplanefromthehooks.
Figure118.Removingthehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane
9.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplanetoany
unpaintedsurfaceontheoutsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewbackplanefromthepackage.
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