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Removing the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane

Use this information to remove the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane.

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 remove the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane, complete the following steps:

  1. Remove the fan cage cover (see Removing the fan cage cover).
  2. Pull the hard disk drives or fillers out of the server slightly to disengage them from the hard disk drive backplane (see Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive).
  3. Disconnect all of the cables from the hard disk drive backplane.
  4. Turn the thumb screws counterclockwise and lift the blue tab on the backplane to disengage and remove the backplane from the chassis.
    Figure 1. Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane removal
    Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane removal

If you are instructed to return the server component or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.