Owners Manual

CAUTION: To prevent damage to the control panel flex cable, do not to bend the control panel flex cable after it is

inserted into the connector.

1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.

2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.

Steps

1. Align the slots on the backplane release tabs with the guide pins on the chassis.

2. Slide the hard drive backplane into the chassis until the release tabs snap into place.

3. Connect the SAS/SATA data, signal, and power cable(s) to the backplane.

Figure 73. Installing the four 3.5-inch hot swappable SAS/SATA hard drive backplane

guide (2) 2. hard drive backplane

3. release tab (2) 4. backplane power cable

5. backplane signal cable 6. SAS_A connector on the backplane

7. hard drive connector (4)

Next steps

1. Install the hard drives in their original locations.

2. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

Related tasks

Installing a hot swappable hard drive carrier

Installing and removing system components

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