Hard-Drive Backplane; Removing The Hard-Drive Backplane - Dell EMC PowerEdge R620 Owner's Manual

7 Press the battery straight down into the connector until it snaps into place.
8 Align the back of the system battery cover with the notch on the network daughter card cooling shroud and push the system battery
cover down into the notches till it snaps into place.
9 Close the system.
10 Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached peripherals
11 Enter System Setup to confirm that the battery is operating properly.
12 Enter the correct time and date in the System Setup's Time and Date fields.
13 Exit System Setup.

Hard-drive backplane

Depending on your configuration,
8–Hard Drive 2.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane or
System Supports
2.5 inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane or
2.5 inch (x4) SAS/SATA and 2.5 inch (x2) Dell PowerEdge Express Flash (PCIe SSD) backplane
10–Hard Drive 2.5 inch (x10) SAS/SATA backplane
System Supports

Removing the hard-drive backplane

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 If installed, remove the front bezel.
2 Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
3 Open the system.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the hard drives and hard-drive backplane, you must remove the hard drives from the
system before removing the hard-drive 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.
4 Remove all hard drives.
5 Disconnect the SAS/SATA/SSD data cable(s) and power cable from the backplane.
6 If applicable, disconnect the power/data cable from the optical drive.
7 Push the backplane blue release tabs in the direction of the arrows and lift the backplane upwards.
8 Pull the backplane away from the system until the securing slots on the backplane are free from the tabs on the chassis.
80 Installing and removing system components