Dell PowerEdge E31S Series Owner's Manual page 160

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.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the hard drives from the system before
removing the backplane.
CAUTION: Note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before you remove the hard drive so
that you can replace them in the same locations.
Steps
1. Disconnect the SAS/SATA data, signal, and power cable(s) from the backplane.
2. Press the release tabs and lift the backplane upward and slide it toward the back of the chassis.
Figure 98. Removing the 2.5 inch (x16) SAS/SATA backplane
1. hard drive backplane assembly
3. backplane power cable
5. SAS cable (2)
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2. backplane signal cable
4. release tab (2)
6. mini SAS connector (2)