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.

1. Read the safety information that begins on page Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. 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.
3. Remove the server top cover (see Removing the server top cover).
4. 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
       
       
5. Align the backplane with the slot on the rear hard disk drive cage.
6. 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
   
   
7. 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.
8. 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.