Owners Manual

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.

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

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

Steps

1. Disconnect the SAS/SATA/SSD hard drives, data cable(s) and power cable from the hard drive backplane.

2. Press the hard drive backplane release tabs to disengage the backplane from the chassis.

3. Pull the hard drive backplane away from the system until the securing hooks on the system chassis are free from the slots on

the hard drive backplane.

Figure 76. Removing the hard drive backplane

1. release tab (2) 2. SAS A connector

3. backplane signal connector 4. backplane power connector

5. SAS B connector 6. hard drive connectors (8)

Figure 77. Cabling diagram of the hard drive backplane using the onboard controller

system board 2. SATA A cable connector on system board

3. SATA B cable connector on system board 4. signal cable connector on system board

5. hard drive backplane 6. SAS B cable connector on backplane

7. signal cable connector on backplane 8. SAS A cable connector on backplane

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