SPARC T8-1 Server Service Manual

Remove the Drive Backplane

1. Prepare the system for service.

   See Preparing for Service.

2. Pull each drive out far enough to disengage it from the drive backplane.

   See Remove a Drive or Drive Filler.

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   Note -  You do not need to completely remove the storage drives from the server. Simply pull them out far enough to disengage them from the drive backplane. If you do remove the storage drives from the server, record their locations so that you can reinstall them in the same locations.

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3. Disconnect the cables from the drive backplane.
   1. Disconnect the two SAS cables from the drive backplane to the motherboard (panel 1).

      Note the cable connections in order to ease proper reconnection of the cables.

      
      
   2. Disconnect the power cable from the drive backplane (panel 2).
   3. If present, disconnect the two optional NVMe cables from the drive backplane (panel 2).
   4. Disconnect the auxiliary signal cable from the drive backplane (panel 4).
4. Using a No. 2 Phillips screwdriver, loosen the right-side spring-mounted screw (on the power supply side of the server) that secures the drive backplane to the chassis [4].
5. Lift up on the left-side spring tab, and then gently release the drive backplane from the standoff hooks and out from under the spring tab (panel 5).
6. Pull the drive backplane away from the standoff hooks and spring tab and out of the chassis (panel 6).
7. Place the drive backplane on an antistatic mat.
8. Install a drive backplane or continue the service procedure that required aceess.

   See Install the Drive Backplane.

Related Information

• Internal Component Locations

• Install the Drive Backplane