Front drive backplane replacement
Follow instructions in this section to remove and install a front drive backplane.
•
“Remove the front 2.5-inch drive backplane” on page 62
• “Install the front 2.5-inch drive backplane” on page 63
• “Remove the front 3.5-inch drive backplane” on page 66
• “Install the front 3.5-inch drive backplane” on page 67
Remove the front 2.5-inch drive backplane
Follow instructions in this section to remove the front 2.5-inch drive backplane.
About this task
Attention:
• Read
“Installation Guidelines” on page 35 and “Safety inspection checklist” on page 36 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 42.
• 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-
BashWCNZQEDP7o3EohXPEV
.
Procedure
Note: If the cables connected to the backplane are easy to disconnect, you can perform step 3 before step
2.
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 73
.
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 43.
c. Remove the top cover. See
“Remove the top cover” on page 148.
d. Remove the system fan cage for easier operation. See
“Remove the system fan cage” on page
146
.
e. Remove the air baffle if needed. See
“Remove the air baffle” on page 50.
Step 2. Remove the 2.5-inch drive backplane.
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