Remove The Front 3.5-Inch Drive Backplane - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR665 V3 User Manual

5. If you have installed an Anybay backplane with U.3 NVMe drives for Trimode, enable U.3 x1 mode for
the selected drive slots on the backplane through the XCC Web GUI. See
detected in NVMe connection, but cannot be detected in Tri-mode" on page

Remove the front 3.5-inch drive backplane

Follow instructions in this section to remove the front 3.5-inch drive backplane.
About this task
Attention:
• Read "Installation Guidelines" on page 39
work safely.
• Power off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables. See
"Power off the server" on page
• Before you remove or make changes to drives, drive controllers (including controllers that are integrated
on the system board assembly), drive backplanes or drive cables, back up all important data that is stored
on drives.
• Before you remove any component of a RAID array (drive, RAID card, etc.), back up all RAID configuration
information.
• If one or more NVMe solid-state drives are to be removed, it is recommended to disable them beforehand
via the operating system.
• To ensure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two minutes
without either a drive or a drive filler installed in each bay.
Watch the procedure
A video of this procedure is available at YouTube:
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Procedure
Step 1. Make preparation for the task.
a. Remove all the installed drives and fillers (if any) from the drive bays. See
drive" on page
b. If the server is installed in a rack, slide the server out on its rack slide rails to gain access to the
top cover, or remove the server from the rack. See
c. Remove the top cover. See
d. Remove the system fan cage for easier operation. See
159.
e. Remove the air baffle if needed. See
Step 2. Record the cable connections on the backplane and then disconnect the cables from the
backplane first if needed.
Step 3. Remove the 3.5-inch drive backplane.
Note: Depending on the specific type, your backplane might look different from the illustration.
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and "Safety inspection checklist" on page 40
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"Remove the top cover" on page
"Remove the air baffle" on page
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"Remove the server from rack" on page
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"Remove the system fan cage" on page
"U.3 NVMe drive can be
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to ensure that you
"Remove a hot-swap
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