Owners Manual

Removing the hard drive backplane
Prerequisites
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the hard drives from the system before removing
the backplane.
CAUTION: Note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before you remove the hard drive so that you
can replace them in the same location.
NOTE: The procedure to remove the backplane is similar for all backplane configurations.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3. Remove the air shroud.
4. Remove all hard drives from the front bay.
5. Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.
6. Remove all the fans.
Steps
Press the blue release tabs and lift the backplane to disengage the backplane from the hooks on the system.
Figure 76. Removing the hard drive backplane
Next steps
Install the hard drive backplane.
Installing the hard drive backplane
Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
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Installing and removing system components