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Install the middle or rear 3.5-inch-drive backplane

Use this information to install the middle or rear 3.5-inch-drive backplane.

About this task

Your server supports:

  • One type of middle 3.5-inch-drive backplane

    • 4 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane

  • Two types of rear 3.5-inch-drive backplane

    • 2 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane

    • 4 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane

Note

  • The procedure shows the installation of the backplane on the rear drive cage. The procedure is the same for installing the backplane on the middle drive cage.

Attention

  • Read Installation Guidelines to ensure that you work safely.

  • 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 new backplane to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server. Then, take the new backplane out of the package and place it on a static-protective surface.
  2. Connect the cables to the backplane.
  3. Align the bottom of the backplane with the studs at the bottom of the drive cage. Rotate the backplane to vertical position so that the holes in the backplane pass through the pins on the drive cage, and press the backplane into position. The release latches will secure the backplane in place.
    Figure 1. Installing the 2 x 3.5-inch-drive backplane
    Installing the 2 x 3.5-inch-drive backplane

    Figure 2. Installing the 4 x 3.5-inch-drive backplane
    Installing the 4 x 3.5-inch-drive backplane

After you finish

Reinstall all the drives and fillers (if any) into the drive bays. See Install a hot-swap drive.

Demo video

Watch the procedure on YouTube