Removing The Drive Backplane For Intel Gpu Configurations - Dell PowerEdge XE9640 Installation And Service Manual

Removing the drive backplane for Intel GPU configurations

Prerequisites
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the drives from the system before removing
the backplane.
CAUTION: Note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before you remove the drive so that you
can reinstall them in the same location.
NOTE: The procedure to remove the backplane is similar for all backplane configurations.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the
2. Follow the procedure listed in the
3. Remove the drives.
4. Remove the cable cover.
5. Remove the turtle shell.
6. Observe and disconnect the drive backplane cables from the backplane and signal and power cables from the system board.
Figure 41. Cabling diagram
Order
1
2
3
Steps
1. Press the release tab to disengage the drive backplane from the hooks on the system.
2. Lift and pull the drive backplane out of the system.
NOTE: To avoid damaging the backplane, remove the disconnected backplane cables from the cable routing clips before
removing the backplane.
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
From
MB-SL6_CPU2_PA3 (signal connector
on system board)
MB-SIG_PWR_1 (system board power
connector)
MB-SL15_CPU1_PB8 (signal connector
on system board)
system.
To
BP-BP_DST_PA1 (backplane signal
connector )
BP-BP_PWR_1 (backplane power
connector)
BP-BP_DST_PB1(backplane signal
connector)
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