Installing The Hard Drive Backplane - Dell PowerEdge R630 Owner's Manual

Installing the hard drive backplane

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
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.
Steps
1. Use the hooks on the chassis as guides to align the hard drive backplane.
2. Lower 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 86. Installing the 2.5-inch (x8) hard drive backplane
1. backplane signal cable
3. SAS A cable
5. SAS B cable
2. backplane signal cable
4. release tabs (2)
6. backplane
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