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Step 1. Read the safety information that begins on "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on
page 289.
Step 2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables,
if necessary.
Step 3. Remove the cover (see "Removing the top cover" on page 143).
Step 4. Remove the two 4-drive filler panels according to your configuration.
4-drive filler panel
Figure 279. Filler panels
Step 5. To obtain more working room, remove the fan cage (see "Removing the fan cage assembly" on
page 171).
Step 6. Install the new backplanes. (See "Replacing the 2.5-inch simple-swap backplate
assembly/hot-swap hard disk drive backplane" on page 242).
Step 7. Connect the power/configuration and signal cables to the backplane.
• 8x 2.5-inch HDD + 4x 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe SSD
Signal cable
Figure 280. Cable connections
• 16x 2.5-inch HDD + 4x 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe SSD
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2.5-inch NVMe backplane
Power / configuration cable
2.5-inch HDD hot-swap backplane
SAS signal cable
Power / configuration cable