Step2.Carefullylowerthebackplaneassemblyintothealignmentslotsinthechassis.Then,closethe
retentionlatchestosecurethebackplanetothechassis.
Figure80.3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplaneinstallation
Step3.ConnectallcablestothesystemboardorRAIDadapter.See“Hot-swapHDDcableconnection:
ServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollerandfixedpowersupply”onpage164.
Step4.Installtheharddiskdrivesandfillers.See“Installingahot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage101.
Step5.Completethepartsreplacement.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage172.
Removingthe3.5-inchsimple-swaphard-disk-drivebackplateassembly
Note:Afteryouremovethe3.5-inchsimple-swaphard-disk-drivebackplateassembly,youneedtoinstalla
newone.See“Installingthe3.5-inchsimple-swaphard-disk-drivebackplateassembly”onpage144.
Toremovethe3.5-inchsimple-swaphard-disk-drivebackplateassembly,dothefollowing:
Step1.Turnofftheserver.Then,disconnectallexternalcablesandremoveallperipheraldevices.
Step2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage88.
Step3.RemovethePCIriser-cardassemblyifinstalled.See“RemovingthePCIriser-cardassembly”
onpage93.
Step4.DisconnectthecablesfromtheRAIDadapterorsystemboard.See“Internalcablerouting”on
page158.Then,removethecorrespondingcablesfromthecableclips.
Step5.Removetheinstalledharddiskdrivesorfillersfromthedrivebays.See“Removingasimple-swap
harddiskdrive”onpage103.
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