Owners Manual

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6. Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.
Steps
Press the blue release tabs and lift the backplane to disengage the backplane from the hooks on the system.
NOTE: If your backplane has an expander board, then loosen the screws on the expander board before you remove the
backplane.
Figure 60. Removing drive backplane
Figure 61. 8 X 2.5 drive backplane
1.
release tab (2) 2. SAS cable A connector
3. backplane signal cable connector 4. backplane
5. SAS cable B connector 6. power cable connector
Next steps
Install the drive backplane.
Installing the drive backplane
Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
NOTE: The procedure to install the backplane is similar for all backplane configurations.
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