Installing a hot-swap backplane on the rear hard disk drive cage

Use this information to install a hot-swap backplane on the rear hard disk drive cage.

The following illustrations show two different types of hot-swap backplanes.

Type 1 - SATA
Attention
This backplane has to be cascaded with the front backplane to make the master-slave connection.
Figure 1. Type 1 - SATA
Type - SAS
Note
This backplane can be an independent configuration (Cascading with the front backplane is unnecessary)
Figure 2. Type 2 - SAS

To install the hot-swap backplane for the rear hard disk drive cage, complete the following steps.

Read the safety information that begins on page Safety and Installation guidelines.
Turn off the server (see Turning off the server) and all attached peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all external cables from the server.
Remove the server top cover (see Removing the server top cover).
Connect cables to the backplane.
- Type 1 - SATA
  - Connect the LED signal, SATA signal and power cables to the backplane.
    Figure 3. Type 1 - SATA
- Type 2 - SAS
  - Connect the I²C signal, SAS signal and power cables to the backplane.
    Figure 4. Type 2 - SAS
Align the backplane with the slot on the rear hard disk drive cage.
Lower the backplane into the rear hard disk drive cage. Make sure the three alignment pins securely engages the three holes on the hard disk drive cage.
Figure 5. Hot-swap backplane installation
For information on how to connect the relevant cabling on the backplane to the server, please refer to Replacing the hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage.
Install the hot-swap hard disk drives in the rear hard disk drive cage (see Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive.

If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to Completing the installation.

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