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Dell EMC PowerEdge R7425 Installation and Service Manual

Removing the drive backplane

Prerequisites

CAUTION To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the drives from the system before removing the backplane.
CAUTION Note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before you remove the drive so that you can replace them in the same locations.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
  3. Remove the air shroud.
  4. Remove the cooling fan assembly.
  5. Remove the backplane cover.
  6. Remove all drives.
  7. Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.

Steps

Press the release tabs and lift the backplane to disengage the backplane from the hooks on the system.
Figure 1. Removing the drive backplane
This image shows removing the drive backplane.

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