Removing The Rear Drive Backplane; Installing The Rear Drive Backplane - Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 Installation And Service Manual

Removing the rear drive backplane

Prerequisites
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, you must remove the 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 the
2. Follow the procedure listed in the
3. Remove all the drives
4. Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.
5. Remove the rear drive
Steps
1. Using a Phillips #2 screwdriver, remove the screws that secure the drive backplane to the rear drive cage.
2. Disengage the backplane from the hooks on the rear drive cage, and remove it from the rear drive cage.
Figure 51. Removing the rear drive backplane
Next steps
Install the rear drive backplane.

Installing the rear drive backplane

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the
2. Follow the procedure listed in the
3. Remove all the drives from the rear drive cage.
4. Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.
5. Remove the rear drive
Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
from the rear drive cage.
cage.
Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
cage.
on page 26.
on page 27.
on page 26.
on page 27.
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