Installing The Hard Drive Backplane - Dell DSS 2500 Owner's Manual

Installing 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.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2 Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
3 Disconnect the data, signal and power cables to the backplane.
4 Remove all SAS/SATA/SSD hard drives.
Steps
1 Use the hooks on the chassis as guides to align the hard drive backplane to the chassis.
2 Lower the hard drive backplane until the release tabs snap into place.
3 Connect the SAS/SATA/SSD data, signal, and power cable(s) to the backplane.
Figure 71. Installing the hard drive backplane
1 release tab (2)
3 backplane signal cable
5 SAS cable B1/A1
7 control panel
9 hard drive backplane
Next steps
1 Install all SAS/SATA/SSD hard drives in their original locations.
2 Reconnect the data, signal and power cables to the backplane.
134 Installing and removing system components
2 left control panel flex cable
4 backplane power cable
6 USB cable
8 backplane power cable
10 hard drive backplane connector (12)