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Step 9.
Slide the server into the rack.
Step 10. Reconnect the power cords and any cables that you removed.
Step 11. Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.
Removing the hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drive backplane
Use this information to remove the hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drive backplane.
To remove the hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drive backplane, complete the following steps:
Step 1.
Read the safety information that begins on
417.
Step 2.
Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.
Step 3.
Remove the cover (see
Step 4.
Pull the hard disk drives and filler panels out of the server slightly to disengage them from the hard
disk drive backplane.
Step 5.
Disconnect all cables from the hard disk drive backplane.
Note: You can also choose to disconnect the cables after removing the backplane from the
brackets, if that is easier for you.
Step 6.
Lift the hard disk drive backplane up to remove it from the server.
Backplane
bracket slots
Figure 107. Backplane removal
If you are instructed to return the hard disk drive backplane, follow all packaging instructions, and use any
packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
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"Safety" on page v
"Removing the cover" on page
Hard disk drive
backplane
and
"Installation guidelines" on page
424).
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