Installing the 3x8 2.5-inch hot-swap HDD assembly kit

Use this information to add eight 2.5-inch hard-disk-drive bays in the server.

1. Read the safety information that begins on Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. Remove the cover (see Removing the cover).
3. Remove the hard disk drives and filler panels from drive bay 8 to 15.
   Figure 1. Drives, and filler panels removal
   
   
4. Remove the two 4-drive filler panels from the right side.
5. Disconnect all the cables connected from the expander.
6. Remove the expander from the middle slot. Lift the expander out of the server by pulling it toward the rear of the server and then lifting it up.
   Figure 2. Expander removal
   
   
7. Touch the static-protective package that contains the backplane to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server; then, grasp the backplane and remove it from the package.
8. Install the backplane in the slot you removed the expander earlier.
   Figure 3. Backplane installation
   
   
   1. Align the tabs on the bottom of the backplane with the slots on the bottom of the backplane cage.
   2. Insert the backplane tabs into slots on the bottom of the backplane cage and push the backplane forward into the retention latch (on top of the backplane cage) until the backplane is locked in place.
9. Repeat step 8 to install the backplane in the farthest slot from the power supplies.
10. Connect the mini-SAS cables, power cables, and the configuration cables.
    Figure 4. Cables connection
    
    

    Figure 5. Backplanes cable connection
    
    
11. Install the hard disk drives (see Installing a hot-swap drive).
12. Install the 2.5-inch HDD fillers into empty drives.