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Install the rear 2.5-inch drive backplane

Use this information to install the rear 2.5-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.

Watch the procedure
  • A video of this procedure is available at YouTube.

Procedure

  1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the rear hot-swap drive cage to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server. Then, take the rear hot-swap drive cage out of the package and place it on a static-protective surface.
  2. Gently press and hold the tab on the rear hot-swap drive cage as shown and remove the air baffle from the rear hot-swap drive cage.
    Figure 1. Air baffle removal
    Air baffle removal

  3. Align the rear backplane with the rear hot-swap drive cage and lower it into the rear hot-swap drive cage.
    Figure 2. Rear backplane installation
    Rear backplane installation

  4. 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).
  5. Install the air baffle into the rear hot-swap drive cage as shown.
    Figure 3. Air baffle installation
    Air baffle installation

  6. 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

  1. Install the rear 2.5-inch drive assembly onto the chassis. See Install the rear drive assembly.

  2. Install the drives or drive fillers into the rear hot-swap drive assembly. See Install a 2.5/3.5-inch hot-swap drive.