Removing A Hard Drive Backplane - Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 Installation And Service Manual

Figure 50. Cable routing - 4 x 3.5 inch cabled HDD
1 cable retention latch
3 cabled HDD

Removing a hard drive backplane

Prerequisites
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 replace them
in the same locations.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2 Follow the procedure listed in
3 If installed, remove the front
4 Remove all the drives.
5 Remove the air shroud.
Steps
1 Disconnect the data, signal, and power cables from the backplane.
NOTE: For the x8 backplane, press the SAS connector and push the connector toward the top of the system to release
the SAS cable from the backplane.
2 Pull the release pin and holding the pin, lift the backplane out of the system.
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
bezel.
2 signal cable
system.
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