Install a backplane
Use this information to remove and install a hot-swap-drive backplane.
This topic contains the following information:
• “Install the front 2.5-inch-drive backplane” on page 167
• “Install the front 3.5-inch-drive backplane” on page 169
Install the front 2.5-inch-drive backplane
Use this information to install the front 2.5-inch-drive backplane.
About this task
Your server supports two types of 2.5-inch-drive front backplanes: SATA/SAS 8-bay backplane and Anybay
8-bay backplane. Depending on the backplane type and quantity, the installation location of the backplanes
varies.
• One backplane
Always install the backplane to drive bays 0–7.
• Two backplanes
– Two SATA/SAS 8-bay backplanes: install the two backplanes to drive bays 0–7 and drive bays 8–15
– Two Anybay 8-bay backplanes: install the Anybay 8-bay backplane that supports SATA/SAS/NVMe
drives to drive bays 0–7; install the Anybay backplane that supports pure NVMe drives to drive bays 8–
15
– One SATA/SAS 8-bay backplane and one Anybay 8-bay backplane: install the SATA/SAS backplane to
drive bays 0–7; install the Anybay backplane to drive bays 8–15
• Three backplanes
– Three SATA/SAS 8-bay backplanes or Anybay backplanes that support pure NVMe drives: install the
three backplanes to drive bays 0–7, drive bays 8–15, and drive bays 16–23
– One SATA/SAS 8-bay backplane and two Anybay 8-bay backplanes that support pure NVMe drives:
install the SATA/SAS 8-bay backplane to drive bays 0–7; install the Anybay 8-bay backplanes to drive
bays 8–15 and drive bays 16–23.
– One Anybay 8-bay backplane and two SATA/SAS 8-bay backplanes: install the SATA/SAS 8-bay
backplanes to drive bays 0–7, drive bays 8–15; install the Anybay 8-bay backplane to drive bays 16–23.
Attention:
• Read “Installation Guidelines” on page 134 to ensure that you work safely.
• Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-
sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with
an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system.
A video for this task is available at:
• Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYV5R7hVcs-Bz2XIeLEfGcrLGm9TSY_yt
• Youku: http://list.youku.com/albumlist/show/id_52339612.html
Procedure
Step 1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the new backplane to any unpainted surface on
the outside of the server. Then, take the new backplane out of the package and place it on a static-
protective surface.
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