Removing The Hard Drive Backplane - Dell PowerEdge R330 Owner's Manual

Removing the hard drive backplane

Prerequisites
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.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, you must remove the hard drives from the system before
removing the backplane.
CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before removal so that you can insert
them in the same locations.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
3. Remove all hard drives.
4. Disconnect the SAS/SATA data, signal, and power cables from the backplane.
Steps
Press the release tabs and lift the backplane upward and slide it toward the back of the chassis.
Figure 84. Removing the four 3.5-inch or four 2.5-inch hard drive SAS/SATA backplane
1. guide pin (2)
3. release tab (2)
5. backplane signal cable
7. hard drive or SSD connector (4)
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2. hard drive or SSD backplane
4. backplane power cable
6. SAS A connector on the backplane