Installing A Hard Drive Backplane - Dell EMC PowerEdge T640 Installation And Service Manual

CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before removal so that you can replace them
in the same locations.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2 Follow the procedure listed in
3 Remove all the drives.
4 If applicable, remove the cooling fan assembly.
Steps
1 Disconnect the data, signal, and power cables from the backplane.
2 Pull the release pin and holding the pin, lift the backplane out of the system.
Next step
Install a hard drive backplane.

Installing a hard drive backplane

Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2 Follow the procedure listed in
Steps
1 Use the hooks at the base of the system as guides to align the hard drive backplane.
2 Lower the hard-drive backplane into the system till the release pin locks in place, securing the hard drive backplane to the system.
3 Connect the data, signal, and power cables to the backplane.
Figure 79. Installing a hard drive backplane
Figure 80. Installing a hard drive backplane
Next steps
1 If applicable, install the cooling-fan assembly.
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
system.
system.
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