Installing The Simple-Swap Hard Disk Drive Backplate - IBM System x3650 M3 4255 Service Manual

1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and "Installation guidelines"
2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cord and
3. Slide the server out of the rack.
4. Remove the cover (see "Removing the cover" on page 177).
5. Pull the hard disk drives or fillers out of the server slightly to disengage them
6. To obtain more working room, remove the fans (see "Removing a hot-swap fan"
7. Lift the backplate out of the server by pulling it and lifting it up.
8. Disconnect the backplate power, signal, and configuration cables (see "Internal
9. If you are instructed to return the backplate, follow all packaging instructions,

Installing the simple-swap hard disk drive backplate

To install the replacement simple-swap hard disk drive backplate, complete the
following steps.
1. Connect the power and signal cables to the replacement backplate (see
2. Align the backplate with the backplate slot in the chassis and the small slots on
3. Lower the backplate into the slots on the chassis.
4. Rotate the top of the backplate until the front tab clicks into place into the
5. Insert the hard disk drives and the fillers the rest of the way into the bays.
6. Replace the fan bracket and fans if you removed them (see "Installing the fan
7. Install the cover (see "Installing the cover" on page 178).
8. Slide the server into the rack.
9. Reconnect the external cables; then, reconnect the power cords and turn on the
on page 169.
all external cables.
from the backplate. See "Removing a simple-swap hard disk drive" on page 211
for details.
on page 223).
cable routing and connectors" on page 172).
and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
"Internal cable routing and connectors" on page 172).
top of the hard disk drive cage.
latches on the chassis.
bracket" on page 184 and "Installing a hot-swap fan" on page 224).
peripheral devices and the server.
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