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2. Prepare your server. See "Removing or extending the server from the rack cabinet" on page 57.
3. Remove the server cover. See "Removing the server cover" on page 57.
4. Remove the cooling shroud. See "Removing and reinstalling the cooling shroud" on page 60.
5. Locate the hot-swap hard-disk-drive backplane. See "Server components" on page 23.
6. Remove all the installed hot-swap hard disk drives and dummy trays (if any) from the hard-disk-drive
bays. See "Installing or replacing a hot-swap hard disk drive" on page 109.
7. Record the cable connections on the backplane and then disconnect all the cables from the backplane.
8. Press the two latches
Carefully lift the backplane straight up a little bit so that the small hooks on the chassis are aligned with
the corresponding holes in the backplane. Then, move the backplane to the rear of the chassis to
release the backplane from the hooks.
Figure 100. Removing the hot-swap hard-disk-drive backplane
9. Touch the static-protective package that contains the new hot-swap hard-disk-drive backplane to any
unpainted surface on the outside of the server. Then, remove the new backplane from the package.
Note: Carefully handle the backplane by its edges.
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in the direction as shown until the latches are disengaged from the chassis.
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