Installing The Hard Drive Backplane - Dell E33S001 Owner's Manual

Installing the hard drive backplane

Prerequisites
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.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the control panel flex cable, do not to bend the control panel flex cable after it is inserted into
the connector.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.
2 Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
Steps
1 Align the slots on the backplane release tabs with the guide pins on the chassis.
2 Slide the hard drive backplane into the chassis until the release tabs snap into place.
3 Connect the SAS/SATA data, signal, and power cable(s) to the backplane.
Figure 74. Installing the four 3.5-inch hot swappable SAS/SATA hard drive backplane
1 guide (2)
3 release tab (2)
5 backplane signal cable
7 hard drive connector (4)
Next steps
1 Install the hard drives in their original locations.
2 hard drive backplane
4 backplane power cable
6 SAS_A connector on the backplane
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