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Replacing the 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane

Use this information to replace the 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to slide the server out from the rack enclosure, turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.

To replace the 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane, complete the following steps:

  1. Reconnect all cables that you removed from the hard disk drive backplane.
  2. Lower the backplane into the alignment slots in the chassis.
  3. Align the tabs of the drive backplane with the backplane slots at the back of the backplane cage.
    Figure 1. 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane alignment
    3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane alignment
  4. Insert the drive backplane tabs into the slots of the backplane cage. Rotate the drive backplane forward and push down the retention latch on top of the drive cage until the backplane is latched.
    Figure 2. 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane installation
    3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane installation
  5. Reinstall the hard disk drives and filler panels (see Replacing a hot-swap hard disk drive).
  6. Reinstall the cover (see Replacing the cover).

What to do next

  1. Install the server into the rack enclosure and push the server into the rack until it clicks into place.
  2. Reconnect the power cords and any cables that you removed.
  3. Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.