Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V3 7D75 - Page 110

• 3.5-inch SAS/SATA 8-bay backplane
• 3.5-inch SAS/SATA 12-bay backplane
• 3.5-inch AnyBay 12-bay backplane
• 3.5-inch 12-bay backplane with expander
The following uses the 3.5-inch SAS/SATA 12-bay backplane as an example for illustration. The procedure is
the same for the other backplanes.
Attention:
• Read
“Installation Guidelines” on page 55 and “Safety inspection checklist” on page 56 to ensure that you
work safely.
• Power off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables. See
“Power off the server” on page 73.
• Before you remove or make changes to drives, drive controllers (including controllers that are integrated
on the system board assembly), drive backplanes or drive cables, back up all important data that is stored
on drives.
• Before you remove any component of a RAID array (drive, RAID card, etc.), back up all RAID configuration
information.
• If one or more NVMe solid-state drives are to be removed, it is recommended to disable them beforehand
via the operating system.
• To ensure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two minutes
without either a drive or a drive filler installed in each bay.
Watch the procedure
A video of this procedure is available at YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYV5R7hVcs-
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.
Procedure
Step 1. Make preparation for the task.
a. Remove all the installed drives and fillers (if any) from the drive bays. See
“Remove a hot-swap
drive” on page 82
.
b. If the server is installed in a rack, slide the server out on its rack slide rails to gain access to the
top cover, or remove the server from the rack. See
“Remove the server from rack” on page 73.
c. Remove the top cover. See
“Remove the top cover” on page 266.
d. Remove the system fan cage for easier operation. See
“Remove the system fan cage” on page
259
.
e. Remove the air baffle if needed. See
“Remove the air baffle” on page 85.
Step 2. Remove the 3.5-inch drive backplane.
Note: Depending on the specific type, your backplane might look different from the illustration.
Some cables might need to be removed or moved to the side to remove the backplane. If needed,
record the cable connections on the backplane and then disconnect the cables from the backplane
first.
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