Server User Manual
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Notes:
•Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelsthatsupport3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives.
•Toclearlyshowthebackplane,thesystemfansareomittedfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreplacethebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage71.
4.Locatethebackplane.See“Servercomponents”onpage29.
5.Removealltheinstalled3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesanddummytrays(ifany)fromtheharddisk
drivebays.See“Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage127
.
6.Recordthecableconnectionsonthebackplaneandthendisconnectallcablesfromthebackplane.
7.Presseachofthetwolatchesonthechassisinthedirectionasshownuntilthelatchsnapsintothe
openpositionandwillnotinterferewithliftingupthebackplane.
Figure97.Releasingthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives
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