Remove the front 2.5'' drive backplane
Use this information to remove the backplane for four, eight, or ten 2.5'' hot-swap drives.
About this task
The following describes how to remove the backplane for ten 2.5'' hot-swap drives. You can remove the backplane for four or eight 2.5'' hot-swap drives in the same way.
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.
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.
- A video of this procedure is available at YouTube.
Procedure
After you finish
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.