Installing the simple-swap SATA hard disk drive backplate assembly

Use this information to install the simple-swap SATA hard disk drive backplate assembly.

1. Read the safety information that begins on Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.
3. Remove the cover (see Removing the cover).
4. Align the sides of the hard disk drive backplate with the slots on the backplane bracket.
   Figure 1. Backplate assembly installation
   
   
5. Insert the hard disk drive backplate into the slots on the backplate bracket and push the hard disk drive backplate assembly down until the backplate is seated firmly.
6. Connect the power and signal cables to the system board. Route the power cable from the drive backplate through the hole on the right of the blue adapter retention bracket and connect it to the Simple-swap SATA power connector (see System-board internal connectors); then, route the signal cable from the drive backplate over the blue adapter retention bracket and connect it to the Simple-swap SATA signal connector, as shown in the following illustration.
   Figure 2. Backplate assembly cable connection
   
   
7. Reinstall the hard disk drives and filler panels.
8. Install the cover (see Installing the cover).
9. Slide the server into the rack.
10. Reconnect the power cords and any cables that you removed.
11. Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.