Toreplacetherearbackplane,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.
3.Removealltheinstalleddrivesanddummytrays(ifany)fromthereardriveassembly.See“Installingor
replacingahot-swapdrive”onpage152
.
4.Recordthecableroutingandcableconnectionsandthendisconnectcablesfromthebackplane.
5.Removetherearbackplane/cageassembly.See“Removingtherearbackplane/cageassembly”on
page163
.
6.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecurethebackplane.Then,liftthebackplanefromthecage.
Figure162.Removingtherearbackplane
7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewbackplanetoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewbackplanefromthepackage.
Note:Carefullyhandlethebackplanebyitsedges.
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