Rear Drive Cage; Removing The Rear Drive Cage - Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 Installation And Service Manual

Figure 106. Cable routing - 8 x 3.5-inch drive backplane
1 Drive backplane
3 SATA B cable (BP: BP_B to MB: SATA_B)
5 Cable guiding latch

Rear drive cage

Removing the rear drive cage

Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2 Follow the procedure listed in
3 Remove all the drives.
4 Disconnect all the cables from the rear drive backplane.
Steps
1 Using Phillips #2 screwdriver, loosen the screws that secure the drive cage to the system.
2 Pull and hold the screws to lift the drive cage away from the system.
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
2 SATA A cable (BP: BP_A to MB: SATA_A)
4 System board
system.
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