Removing A Backplane - Dell 5WC10 Installation And Service Manual

Figure 94. 8 x 3.5 SAS/SATA backplane
1. optical drive power connector [J_ODD1]
3. SAS A0 connector [J_BP_SIG]
5. SAS B0 connector [J_SAS_B0]

Removing a 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. Remove all the drives.
4. If installed, remove the middle cooling fan
Steps
1. Disconnect the data, signal, and power cables from the backplane.
2. Pull the release pin and holding the pin, lift the backplane out of the system.
140 Installing and removing system components
Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
assembly.
2. backplane power connector [J_BP_PWR_A]
4. backplane signal connector [J_SAS_A0]
on page 66.
on page 67.