Lenovo System x3250 M5 Installation And Service Manual page 245

What to do next
1. Install the server into the rack enclosure and push the server into the rack until it clicks into place.
2. Reconnect the power cords and any cables that you removed.
3. Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.
Removing the 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive backplate assembly
Use this information to remove the 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive backplate assembly.
Read the safety information in "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on page 31.
If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to slide the server out from the rack
enclosure, turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.
To remove the 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive backplate assembly, complete the following steps:
Step 1. Remove the cover (see "Removing the cover" on page 157).
Step 2. Remove the PCI riser-card assembly if applicable (see "Removing the PCI riser-card assembly" on
page 163).
Step 3. Disconnect the cables from the RAID adapter or system board (see "Internal cable routing and
connectors" on page 259).
Step 4. Disconnect the power cable.
Step 5. Remove the relevant cables that pass through the cable clips.
Step 6. Pull the hard disk drives or fillers out of the server slightly to disengage them from the hard disk
drive backplate assembly (see "Removing a simple-swap hard disk drive" on page 175).
Step 7. Pull and loosen the retention latch on top of the drive backplate assembly cage and lift the
backplate assembly up. Rotate the drive backplate assembly backward and out of the tabs at the
bottom of the drive cage and remove the backplate assembly from the server.
Figure 159. 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive backplate assembly removal
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