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Dell EMC PowerEdge R340 Installation and Service Manual

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Removing the drive backplane

Prerequisites

CAUTION To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, you must remove the drives from the system before removing the backplane.
CAUTION Note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before removal so that you can replace them in the same drive slots.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
  3. Remove the drives.
  4. Disconnect the following cables from the backplane:
    1. Backplane signal cable
    2. Backplane power cable
    3. PERC cable
NOTE Observe the routing of the cable as you remove it from the system.

Steps

  1. Press the blue release tabs to disengage the drive backplane from the hooks on the chassis.
  2. Lift the drive backplane out of the system.
    NOTE To avoid damaging the backplane, ensure that you move the control panel cables from the cable routing clips before removing the backplane.
    Figure 1. Removing the drive backplane

    This image shows how to remove the drive backplane.

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