Installing The Power Backplane - IBM eserver xSeries 232 8668 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Removing a power supply

Installing the power backplane

Use the following steps to install the xSeries power backplane in your server:
Note: This backplane supports up to three 250-watt power supply.
1. Carefully slide the new power backplane into the server, behind the power
2. Connect the four cables.
3. Install at least two 250-watt hot-swap power supplies in your server. Put the
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cage. Fit the backplane into the back of the power cage and press it toward the
back of the server until the latch snaps into place.
a. Connect the power cable to the power backplane and the hard disk drive
backplane.
b. Connect the power cable to the power backplane and the system board.
c. Connect the signal cable to the power backplane and the system board.
d. Connect the power cable to the power backplane and media devices.
first power supply in power bay 1 and the second power supply in power bay
2.
Note: Power supply Bay 1 is the right most Bay from the rear.
Power backplane
Connectors
Latch