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Dell PowerEdge R730 Owner's Manual

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Installing the hard drive backplane

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
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 control panel flex cable, do not bend the control panel flex cable after it is inserted into the connector.

Steps

  1. Use the hooks on the chassis as guides to align the hard drive backplane.
  2. Lower the hard drive backplane until the release tabs snap into place.
  3. Connect the SAS/SATA SSD data, signal, and power cable(s) to the backplane.
    Figure 1. Installing the 2.5 inch (x16) SAS/SATA backplane
    This figure shows installing the 2.5 inch (x16) SAS/SATA backplane.
    1. hard drive backplane assembly
    2. backplane signal cable
    3. backplane power cable
    4. release tab (2)
    5. SAS cable (2)
    6. mini SAS connector (2)
    Figure 2. Installing the 2.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane
    This figure shows installing the 2.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane.
    1. hard drive backplane
    2. release tab
    3. backplane power cable
    4. SAS cable (2)
    5. backplane signal cable
    6. mini SAS connector (2)
    Figure 3. Installing the 3.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane
    This figure shows installing the 3.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane.
    1. release tab (2)
    2. SAS cable (2)
    3. backplane signal connector
    4. backplane power cable
    5. mini SAS cable connector
    6. hard drive backplane

Next steps

  1. Replace the cooling fan assembly.
  2. Replace the cooling shroud.
  3. Install the hard drives in their original locations.
  4. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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