Dell PowerEdge R760 Installation and Service Manual

Removing the drive backplane

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 reinstall them in the same location.

NOTE:The procedure to remove the backplane is similar for all backplane configurations.

Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
Remove the drive backplane cover.
If installed, remove the air shroudor remove the GPU air shroud.
Remove the cooling fan cage assembly.
Remove the drives.
If required, remove the rear mounting front PERC module.
Observe and disconnect the drive backplane cables from the connector on the system board and backplane.
NOTE:See cable routing section for more information.

Press one or more release tabs to disengage the drive backplane from the hooks on the system.
Lift and pull the drive backplane out of the system.
NOTE:To avoid damaging the backplane, remove the disconnected backplane cables from the cable routing clips before removing the backplane.
Figure 1. Removing the drive backplane
Figure 2. Removing the drive backplane