Installing The Hard Drive Backplane - Dell PowerEdge R430 Owner's Manual

Installing the hard drive backplane

Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by
your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the control panel flex cable, do not bend the control panel flex cable after it is
inserted into the connector.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
Steps
1. Align the slots on the hard drive backplane with the hooks on the chassis.
2. Press down the hard drive backplane until the release tabs snap into place.
3. Connect the SAS/SATA/SSD data, signal, and power cables to the backplane.
Figure 85. Installing the four 3.5 inch hard drive SAS/SATA backplane
1. guide (2)
3. release tab (2)
5. backplane signal cable
7. hard-drive/SSD connector (4)
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2. hard-drive/SSD backplane
4. backplane power cable
6. SAS_A connector on the backplane