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Install the 2.5-inch rear drive backplane

Use this information to install the 2.5-inch rear drive backplane.

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.

  • Keep static-sensitive parts in their static-protective packages until installation to prevent exposure to static electricity. Handle the parts with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding systems. Place the parts on a static-protective surface.

Procedure

  1. Align the rear backplane with the rear hot-swap drive cage and lower it into the rear hot-swap drive cage.
    Figure 1. Rear backplane installation
    Rear backplane installation

  2. Connect the cables to the system board assembly and the backplane. See Internal cable routing. If the cable connectors come with protective dust caps, make sure to remove them before plugging in.
  3. Install the air baffle into the rear hot-swap drive cage as shown.
    Figure 2. Air baffle installation
    Air baffle installation

    1. Align the air baffle edge with the notch on the drive cage.
    2. Press the air baffle down and make sure that it is seated in place.

After you finish

  1. Reinstall drives or drive fillers into the rear hot-swap drive cage. See Install a 2.5-inch hot-swap drive.

  2. Reinstall the drive assembly to the server. See Install the 2.5-inch rear drive assembly.

  3. Complete the parts replacement. See Complete the parts replacement.