Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

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.

CAUTION: : To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, you must remove the hard drives from the system before removing the backplane.

CAUTION: : You must note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before removal so that you can replace them in the same locations.

1. Ensure that you follow the Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3. Remove all the hard drives.
4. Disconnect the SAS/SATA data, signal, and power cable(s) from the backplane.

1. Install the hard drive backplane.
2. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.