Lenovo System x3650 M5 Installation And Service Manual page 315

Step 1. Read the safety information that begins on "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on
page 297.
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 149).
Step 4. Pull the hard disk drives or fillers out of the server slightly to disengage them from the backplates.
For more information, see "Removing a simple-swap hard disk drive" on page 161).
Step 5. To obtain more working room, remove the fan cage (see "Removing the fan cage assembly" on
page 178).
Step 6. Remove the 3.5-inch backplate assembly/backplane. See "Removing the 3.5-inch simple-swap
backplate assembly/hot-swap hard disk drive backplane" on page 250
Step 7. 1 Insert the backplate assembly/backplane tabs into slots on the bottom of the drive cage at an
angle; then, rotate the backplate assembly/backplane toward the front the server
Step 8. 2 Pull the two plungers while you
assembly into place.
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Plungers
3.5-inch HDD simple-swap backplate
Figure 272. 3.5-inch simple-swap backplate assembly/hot-swap hard disk drive backplane
Step 9. Connect the SAS signal and power/configuration cables to the system board.
3 push the backplate assembly to the left to engage the
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