SPARC T5-4 Server Service Manual

Install a Storage Backplane

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Caution  - This procedure requires that you handle components that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge. This discharge can cause failure of server components.

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1. Take the necessary ESD precautions.

   See Prevent ESD Damage.

2. Position the storage backplane in the main module.
3. Lower the storage backplane into place.
   
4. Slide the plastic retaining panel into place over the storage backplane so that the two notches in the panel slide underneath the two metal mounting studs on the hard drive assembly.
   
5. Press on the press point on the retaining panel to secure it to the top of the hard drive assembly.
6. Connect the two storage backplane cables to the storage backplane and the motherboard.
   1. Connect the data cable to the storage backplane and the motherboard.
   2. Connect the power cable to the storage backplane and the motherboard.
      

      1 Data cable, storage backplane connection 2 Power cable, storage backplane connection

7. Insert the main module back into the server.

   See Install the Main Module.

8. Install the hard drives that you removed back into the main module.

   Refer to the notes that you took when removing the hard drives to install them back into their original slots. See Install a Hard Drive.

9. Power on the server.

   See Returning the Server to Operation.

Related Information

• Remove a Storage Backplane