Replacing The Disk Drive Backplane Or Filler - IBM P 615 series Service Manual

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1 Service Access Cover
2 PCI Adapter Dividers
3 PCI Adapters

Replacing the Disk Drive Backplane or Filler

To replace the disk drive backplane, do the following:
1. Before handling any card, board, or memory DIMM, be sure to use your electrostatic discharge strap
to minimize static-electric discharge. Refer to "Handling Static-Sensitive Devices" on page 280.
2. If necessary, remove the disk drive backplane or filler from the antistatic package.
3. If necessary, remove the disk drive backplane filler from the slot in the system you wish to use.
4. Carefully grasp the disk drive backplane or filler by the top edge.
5. Insert the disk drive backplane or filler into the system chassis at an angle to the chassis hooks and
align the hooks with the blue guides on the disk drive backplane.
6. Tip the disk drive backplane or filler forward onto the chassis hooks, then firmly press the disk drive
backplane or filler into the connector until you feel the latch tabs lock into place.
7. Press the disk drives back into place and close the the handle. Press any disk drive fillers back into
place.
8. If you are replacing the disk drive backplane behind disk drive slots 1, 2, 3, and 4, go to the next
step. If you are replacing or installing the disk drive backplane behind disk drive slots 5, 6, 7, and 8,
do the following:
a. Replace the PCI adapter dividers.
b. Replace the PCI adapters as described in "Replacing or Installing a Non-Hot-Pluggable PCI
Adapter" on page 296.
c. Reconnect all adapter cables, located at the rear of the system unit.
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4 System Unit in Service Position
5 Disk Drive Backplane Filler Panel
(Shown Behind Disk Drive Slots 5, 6,
7, and 8)
6 Disk Drive Backplane (Shown Behind
Disk Drive Slots 1, 2, 3, and 4)

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