Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Thehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplaneissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand
“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage64
rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreplacethehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.
3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage67.
4.Locatethehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes.See“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage30.
5.Removethefrontsystemfan1.See“Replacingthefrontsystemfan1”onpage128.
6.Removealltheinstalledhot-swapharddiskdrivesanddummytrays(ifany)fromtheharddiskdrive
cage.See“Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage101
.
7.Recordthecableconnectionsonthebackplane,andthendisconnectallthecablesfromthebackplane.
8.Liftthereleaselatch1andslidetheharddiskdrivecageoutofthefrontofthechassis.
Note:Thefollowingillustrationshowsthe3.5-inchharddiskdrivecage.Forthe2.5-inchharddisk
drivecage,theremovalprocedureisthesame.
Figure69.Removingtheharddiskdrivecage
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