Remove the 3.5-inch backplate
Use this information to remove the 3.5-inch backplate.
About this task
Attention
Read Installation Guidelines and Safety inspection checklist to ensure that you work safely.
Power off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables. See Power off the server.
If the server is installed in a rack, remove the server from the rack.
Note
Depending on the configuration, the following illustration might differ slightly from your backplate.
Procedure
- Make preparations for this task.
- Remove all drives and drive bay fillers from the drive bays. See Remove a hot-swap drive.
- Remove the top cover. See Remove the top cover.
- Disconnect the cables from the system board or the RAID adapter. See Backplane and backplate cable routing.
- Remove the backplate.
Open the retaining clips by rotating them up.
Rotate the backplate down towards the center of the server.
Lift the backplate out of the server.Figure 1. Backplate removal
After you finish
Install a replacement unit. See Install the 3.5-inch backplate.
If you are instructed to return the component or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
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