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Installing the system management board and backplane assembly

Use this information to replace the system management board and backplane assembly.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to slide the server out from the rack enclosure, turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.

To replace the system management board and backplane assembly, complete the following steps.

  1. Align the system management board and backplane assembly pins with the pin holes on the server chassis; then, lower the system management board and backplane assembly into the server. Press the system management board and backplane assembly down until it is securely seated.
    Figure 1. system management board and backplane assembly installation
    system management board and backplane assembly installation
  2. Tighten the system management board with 6 6#32 screws.
  3. Tighten the system management board with 2 M3 screws.
  4. Reinstall the cables (see Internal cable routing and connectors).
  5. Reinstall the system management board cover (see Installing the system management board cover).
  6. Reinstall the fan cage cover (see Installing the fan cage cover).
  7. Reinstall the power supplies (see Replacing a hot-swap power supply).
  1. Install the server into the rack enclosure and push the server into the rack until it clicks into place.
  2. Reconnect the power cords and any cables that you removed.
  3. Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.