Owners Manual

4. Remove the cooling fan assembly.

5. Remove all hard drives.

Steps

1. Disconnect the SAS/SATA data, signal, and power cable(s) from the backplane.

2. Press the release tabs and lift the backplane upward and slide it toward the back of the chassis.

NOTE: To prevent damage to the control panel flex cable, unlatch the blocking tab on the connector before removing

the flex cable. Do not bend the flex cable at the connector. To unlatch the blocking tab for the x12 backplane, pull

the locking tab up. For the x18 and x2 backplanes, rotate the locking tab 90 degrees clockwise.

Figure 72. Removing the 3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane

release tab (2) 2. SAS cable A2

3. SAS cable A1 4. left ear control panel cable

5. backplane signal cable 6. backplane power cable (2)

7. SAS cable A0/B0 8. USB cable

9. control panel cable 10. right ear control panel flex cable

11. hard drive backplane 12. hard drive backplane connector (12)

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