Hard-Drive Backplane; Removing The Hard-Drive Backplane - Dell PowerEdge R530 Owner's Manual

5. Follow the procedure listed in
6. While booting, press <F2> to enter the System Setup and ensure that the battery is operating
properly.
7. Enter the correct time and date in the System Setup Time and Date fields.
8. Exit the System Setup.
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Hard-Drive Backplane

Removing 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 came with the product.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the hard drives and hard-drive backplane, you must remove the
hard drives from the system before removing the hard-drive backplane.
CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before
removal so that you can replace them in the same locations.
1. Ensure that you read the
2. Follow the procedure listed in
Steps
1. Disconnect the SAS/SATA/SSD hard drives, data cable(s) and power cable from the hard-drive
backplane.
2. Press the hard-drive backplane release tabs to disengage the backplane from the chassis.
3. Pull the hard-drive backplane away from the system until the securing hooks on the system chassis
are free from the slots on the hard-drive backplane.
Figure 44. Removing and installing the hard-drive backplane
1. release tab (2)
3. backplane signal connector
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After working inside your
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
system.
system.
2. SAS A connector
4. backplane power connector