Computer Hardware User Manual

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationofthehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane.Youneedtoremove
theservercovertoaccessthebackplane.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage69.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Thefollowingillustrationisbasedon3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdriveswithonebackplane1.
Figure21.Hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplanelocation
Backplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddisk
drives.
Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.
Figure22.Frontviewofthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives
1Slot0fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive3Slot2fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
2Slot1fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive4Slot3fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
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