Removing The Drive Backplane - Dell PowerEdge R960 Installation And Service Manual

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11. BP_PWR_1
13. BP_DST_PB1 (PCIe/NVMe connector)

Removing the drive backplane

Prerequisites
CAUTION:
To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the drives from the system before removing
the backplane.
CAUTION:
Note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before you remove the drive so that you
can reinstall them in the same location.
NOTE:
The procedure to remove the backplane is similar for all the backplane configurations.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the
2. Follow the procedure listed in the
3. If required,
remove the support
4. If required,
remove the air shroud top
5.
Remove the cooling fan cage
6. If required,
remove the air shroud
NOTE:
The GPU air shroud can be removed only after the full length expansion card risers have been removed.
7.
Remove the
drives.
8. If installed,
remove the rear mounting front PERC
9. If required,
remove the
10. Observe and disconnect the drive backplane cables from the connector on the system board and backplane.
NOTE:
See
cable routing
Steps
1. Press the release tab to disengage the drive backplane from the hooks on the system.
2. Lift and pull the drive backplane out of the system.
NOTE:
To avoid damaging the backplane, remove the disconnected backplane cables from the cable routing clips before
removing the backplane.
92
Installing and removing system components
Safety
instructions.
Before working inside your
bar.
cover.
assembly.
or
remove the GPU air
PEM.
section for more information.
12. BP_DST_PA2 (PCIe/NVMe connector)
14. BP_DST_PA1 (PCIe/NVMe connector)
system.
shroud.
module.

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