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Install the front 3.5-inch drive backplane

Use this information to install the front 3.5-inch drive backplane.

About this task

Attention
  • Read Installation guidelines to ensure that you work safely.

  • Power off the server and disconnect all power cords for this task.

  • Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system.

Procedure

  1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the backplane to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server. Then, take the backplane out of the package and place it on a static-protective surface.
  2. Connect the cables to the backplane. See 2.5-inch/3.5-inch drive backplane (power) and 2.5-inch/3.5-inch drive backplane (signal).
  3. Put the backplane down into place.
    Figure 1. Installation of backplane for four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives
    Installation of backplane for four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives

    1. Put the backplane under the front I/O assembly cables, align it with the chassis, and lower it into the chassis. Put the backplane into place with it leaning backward slightly so that the three pins 1 on the chassis pass through the three holes 2 in the backplane.
    2. Close the release latches to secure the backplane in place.
  4. Connect the cables to the system board or expansion slots. See 2.5-inch/3.5-inch drive backplane (power) and 2.5-inch/3.5-inch drive backplane (signal).

After you finish

Reinstall all the drives and drive fillers into the drive bays. See Install a 2.5/3.5-inch hot-swap drive.

Demo video

Watch the procedure on YouTube