Servicing the Drive Backplane

The drive backplane provides a physical interconnect for the drives and their controllers. The drive backplane is located at the rear of the drive cage. See Component Locations (Motherboard, Memory, and PCIe Cards).

Description Links Replace the faulty drive backplane. Drive Backplane Configuration Determine if the Drive Backplane Is Faulty Remove the Drive Backplane Install the Drive Backplane Verify the Drive Backplane Remove the drive backplane as part of another component's service operation. Remove the Drive Backplane Install the drive backplane as part of another component's service operation. Install the Drive Backplane Determine if the drive backplane is faulty. Determine if the Drive Backplane Is Faulty Detecting and Managing Faults

Related Information

• Identifying Components

• Detecting and Managing Faults

• Component Service Task Reference

• Preparing for Service

• Returning the Server to Operation