•Ifyouareinstallingahot-swapharddiskdrive,savetheremovedhard-disk-drivedummytrayincase
youlaterremovethehot-swapharddiskdriveandneedadummytraytocoverthedrivebay.
•Ifyouarereplacingafailinghot-swapharddiskdriveandareinstructedtoreturnthefailinghot-swap
harddiskdrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedto
youforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•ToconfigureRAID,goto“ConfiguringRAID”onpage74
.
Replacingthehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane.Thistopic
containsthefollowingitems:
•“Replacingthebackplaneforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”onpage170
•“Replacingthebackplaneforservermodelswithtwelve3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”onpage173
•“Replacingthebackplaneforservermodelswith2.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”onpage174
Note:Thehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplaneissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand
“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage86
firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
Replacingthebackplaneforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage85.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethebackplaneforservermodelswitheight3.5-inch
hard-disk-drivebays.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Toshowthebackplaneclearly,thesystemfansareomittedfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreplacethebackplaneforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage87.
4.Locatethebackplane.See“Componentsofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”
onpage35
.
5.Removealltheinstalled3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesanddummytrays(ifany)fromthe
hard-disk-drivebays.See“Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage166.
6.Recordthecableconnectionsonthebackplaneandthendisconnectallcablesfromthebackplane.
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