- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- About this document
- System overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Drive backplane cover
- Control panel
- VGA module
- Air shroud
- Cooling fan
- Drives
- Drive backplane
- Cable routing
- Rear drive module
- Front PERC module
- System memory
- Processor and heat sink
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Optional serial COM port
- Optional IDSDM module
- MicroSD card
- M.2 SSD module on BOSS-S1 adapter card
- BOSS S2 card (optional)
- System battery
- Optional internal USB card
- Intrusion switch module
- Optional OCP card
- Power supply unit
- Trusted Platform Module
- System board
- LOM card and rear I/O board
- RIO card
- Tube clip
- Upgrade Kits
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Known Issue
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Dell PowerEdge R6525 Installation and Service Manual
Removing the drive backplane
Prerequisites
CAUTION:To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the drives from the system before removing the backplane.
CAUTION:Note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before you remove the drive so that you can reinstall them in the same location.
NOTE:The procedure to remove the backplane is similar for all backplane configurations.
- Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
- Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
- If installed, remove the air shroud.
- Remove the drive backplane cover.
- Remove all the drives.
Steps
- Loosen the captive screw on the cable guiding latch and lift the latch to remove the cables.
- Disconnect the drive backplane cable from the connector on the system board.
- Press the blue release tabs to disengage the drive backplane from the hooks on the system.
- Lift and pull the drive backplane out of the system.
NOTE:To avoid damaging the backplane, ensure that you move the control panel cables from the cable routing clips before removing the backplane.NOTE:The numbers on the image do not depict the exact steps. The numbers are for representation of sequence.
Figure 1. Removing the drive backplane 
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