Remove the 2.5-inch drive backplane module
Follow instructions in this section to remove the 2.5-inch drive backplane module.
About this task
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.
If the server is installed in a rack, slide the server out on its rack slide rails to gain access to the top cover, or remove the server from the rack. See Remove the server from rack.
- A video of this procedure is available at YouTube.
Procedure
- Prepare your server.
- Remove the top cover. See Remove the top cover.
- Remove all 2.5-inch hot-swap drives from the chassis. See Remove a 2.5-inch hot-swap drive. Place the drives on a static protective surface.
- Disconnect the power and signal cables from 2.5-inch drive backplane.
- Remove the 2.5-inch drive backplane module.
Unfasten the thumbscrew on the drive backplane module.
Lift the drive backplane module out of the chassis.Figure 1. Removing the 2.5-inch drive backplane module
Install a replacement unit. See Install the 2.5-inch drive backplane module.
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.
Demo video