Remove a Storage Backplane
A storage backplane is a cold-service component that can be replaced only by authorized service personnel.
 | Caution - This procedure requires that you handle components that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge. This discharge can cause failure of server components. |
- Power off the server.
- Remove all the hard drives from
the front of the server for the storage backplane that you want
to replace.
Note the locations of the drives before removing them so that you can install them later in their original slots. You have to remove only hard drives 0–3 or drives 4–7, depending on which storage backplane you want to replace. See Remove a Hard Drive.
- Remove the main module from the server.
- Take the necessary ESD precautions.
See Prevent ESD Damage.
- Locate the storage backplane
that you want to remove.
1Storage backplane for drives 4–7 (SAS_BP1)2Storage backplane for drives 0–3 (SAS_BP0) - Disconnect the two storage backplane
cables from the storage backplane that you want to replace.
- Lift up on the connectors that secure the data cable to the storage backplane and the motherboard, and remove the data cable from the main module.
- Lift up on the connectors that
secure the power cable to the storage backplane and the motherboard,
and remove the power cable from the main module.
1Data cable, storage backplane connection2Power cable, storage backplane connection
- Lift up on the plastic retaining
panel for the storage backplane that you want to remove to disengage
the plastic panel from the top of the hard drive assembly.
- Push the plastic panel toward the rear of the main module, and remove the plastic panel from the main module.
- Push the top edge of the storage
backplane slightly toward the rear of the main module, then lift
the storage backplane up and remove it from the main module.
