Owners Manual

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CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label
them before removal so that you can replace them in the same locations.
3 Remove all hard drives. See "Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier" on page 82.
4 Disconnect the power cable from the SAS backplane.
5 Disconnect the SAS data cables from the backplane. See Figure 3-22.
6 Remove the optical drive cable, control panel cable, power cable, data
cables, and USB cables.
7 Press the two blue retention latches at either ends of the SAS backplane
and lift it upwards and out of the retention hooks. Be careful to avoid
damaging the other components on the face of the board. See Figure 3-22.
8 Place the SAS backplane face down on a work surface.
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