Step 3. Insert the retainer into the correct keyhole and slide it backwards until the nubs are in the holes.
Install the M.2 backplane
Use this information to install the M.2 backplane.
Before you install the M.2 backplane, complete the following steps:
1. Read
“Installation Guidelines” on page 28 to ensure that you work safely.
2. Carefully lay the compute node on a flat, static-protective surface, orienting the compute node with the
bezel pointing toward you.
3. Remove the compute node cover (see
“Remove the compute node cover” on page 32 for instructions).
To install the M.2 backplane, complete the following steps:
Watch the procedure
A video of this procedure is available at YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYV5R7hVcs-
DtV8A4UWy7d3AoFKjCvas3
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Figure 23. M.2 backplane installation
Step 1. Align the openings on the M.2 backplane with the guide pin on the system board and T-head pins
on the storage cage; then, insert the backplane in the system board connector. Press down on the
M.2 backplane to fully seated.
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