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Dell PowerEdge T630 Owner's Manual

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Installing the hard drive backplane

Prerequisites

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
  3. Remove all the hard drives. For more information, see the Removing a hot swap hard drive section.
  4. If applicable, remove the cooling-fan assembly. For more information, see the Removing the cooling-fan assembly (optional) section.
  5. Remove the cooling shroud. For more information, see the Removing the cooling shroud section.

Steps

  1. Use the hooks at the base of the chassis as guides to align the hard drive backplane.
  2. Lower the hard-drive backplane into the chassis to secure the hard drive backplane into place.
    NOTE: For a Dell PowerEdge Express Flash (PCIe SSD) backplane, lower the hard-drive backplane into the chassis until the release tab snaps into place.
  3. Connect the SAS/SATA/SSD data, signal, and power cable(s) to the backplane. See the cabling instructions provided in this document.

Next steps

  1. If applicable, install the cooling-fan assembly. For more information, see the Installing the cooling-fan assembly (optional) section.
  2. Install the cooling shroud. For more information, see the Installing the cooling shroud section.
  3. Install the hard drives in their original locations.
  4. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.
    Figure 1. Installing the PCIe SSD hard drive backplane
    Installing the PCIe SSD hard drive backplane
    1. PCIe SSD hard drive backplane

    2. PCIe SSD hard drive connector

    3. PCIe cable

    4. power cable

    5. signal cable

    6. power connector on backplane

    7. signal cable connector on backplane

    8. PCIe cable connector on backplane

    Figure 2. Installing a 3.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane
    This figure shows Installing a 3.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane
    1. SAS cable

    2. x8 backplane

    3. backplane power connector

    4. backplane power cable

    5. Release pin

    6. signal cable

    Figure 3. Installing a 3.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane with a single PERC card
    This figure shows Installing a 3.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane with a single PERC card
    1. SAS cable

    2. x8 backplane

    3. power connector

    4. power cable

    5. release pin

    6. signal cable

Figure 4. Installing a 3.5 inch (x8) plus 2.5 Inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane
This figure shows Installing a 3.5 inch (x8) plus 2.5 Inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane
  1. x8 backplane power cable
  2. power connector on x8 backplane

  3. x8 backplane

  4. release pin
  5. SAS cable on x8 backplane
  6. signal cable on x8 backplane
  7. power cable on PCIe SSD backplane
  8. PCIe cable on PCIe SSD backplane
  9. signal cable on PCIe SSD backplane
  10. power connector on PCIe SSD backplane
  11. signal connector on PCIe SSD backplane
  12. PCIe SSD backplane
Figure 5. Installing a 3.5 inch (x18) SAS/SATA backplane
This figure shows installing a 3.5 inch (x18) SAS/SATA backplane

  1. x18 backplane

  2. signal cable

  3. release pin

  4. power cable
  5. power connector
  6. SAS cable
Figure 6. Installing a 2.5 inch (x16) SAS/SATA backplane
This figure shows installing a 2.5 inch (x16) SAS/SATA backplane.
  1. x16 backplane
  2. release pin
  3. signal cable
  4. power connector
  5. power cable
  6. SAS cable
Figure 7. Installing a 2.5 inch (x16) plus 2.5 Inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane
This figure shows installing a 2.5 inch (x16) plus 2.5 inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane.

  1. x16 backplane

  2. release pin
  3. signal cable to x16 backplane
  4. power connector on x16 backplane
  5. power cable to x16 backplane
  6. SAS cable to x16 backplane

  7. power cable to PCIe SSD backplane

  8. PCIe cable to PCIe SSD backplane

  9. signal cable to PCIe SSD backplane

  10. power connector on PCIe SSD backplane

  11. signal connector on PCIe SSD backplane

  12. PCIe SSD backplane
Figure 8. Installing a 2.5 inch (x32) SAS/SATA backplane with two PERC cards
This figure shows installing a 2.5 inch (x32) SAS/SATA backplane with two PERC cards.
  1. release pin

  2. signal cable to backplane 2

  3. power connector on backplane 2

  4. power cable to backplane 2

  5. SAS cable to backplane 2

  6. signal cable to backplane 1

  7. power connector on backplane 1

  8. power cable to backplane 1

  9. SAS cable to backplane 1

  10. x16 backplane 1

  11. x16 backplane 2

Figure 9. Installing a 2.5 inch (x32) SAS/SATA backplane with a single PERC card
This figure shows installing a 2.5 inch (x32) SAS/SATA backplane with a single PERC card
  1. release pin

  2. signal cable to backplane 2

  3. power connector on backplane 2

  4. power cable to backplane 2

  5. SAS cable to backplane 2

  6. signal cable to backplane 1

  7. power connector on backplane 1

  8. power cable to backplane 1

  9. SAS cable to backplane 1

  10. x16 backplane 1

  11. SAS connector on backplane 2

  12. x16 backplane 2

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