Installing The Hard Drive Backplane - Dell E31S Series Owner's Manual

Installing the hard drive backplane

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
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 bend the control panel flex cable after it is inserted
into the connector.
Steps
1. Use the hooks on the chassis as guides to align the hard drive backplane.
2. Lower the hard drive backplane until the release tabs snap into place.
3. Connect the SAS/SATA/SSD data, signal, and power cable(s) to the backplane.
Figure 74. Installing the 3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane
1. release tab (2)
3. SAS cable A1
5. backplane signal cable
7. SAS cable A0/B0
9. control panel cable
11. hard drive backplane
Next steps
1. Replace the cooling fan assembly.
2. Replace the cooling shroud.
132 Installing and removing system components
2. SAS cable A2
4. left ear control panel cable
6. backplane power cable (2)
8. USB cable
10. right ear control panel flex cable
12. hard drive backplane connector (12)