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Installing the hard disk drive backplane

Use this information to install the hard disk drive backplane.

Before you install the hard disk drive backplane, complete the following steps:
  1. Read Safety and Installation guidelines.
  2. If the compute node is installed in an Flex System chassis, remove it (see Removing a compute node from a chassis for instructions).
  3. Carefully lay the compute node on a flat, static-protective surface, orienting the compute node with the bezel pointing toward you.

To install the hard disk drive backplane, complete the following steps.
Graphic illustrating installing backplane

  1. Remove the cover (see Removing the compute node cover).
  2. Align the backplane with the hard disk drive cage and the connector on the system board and press the backplane into position until it is fully seated in the connector.
  3. Slide the hard disk drive and hard disk drive bay filler into the bay until it is firmly seated in the connector.
  4. Lock the hard disk drive into place by closing the release lever.
After you install the hard disk drive backplane, complete the following steps:
  1. Install the cover onto the compute node (see Installing the compute node cover for instructions).
  2. Install the compute node into the chassis (see Installing a compute node in a chassis for instructions).