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Dell PowerEdge T330 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 the Safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.

Steps

  1. Align the hooks at the back of the hard drive bay with the slots on the backplane.
  2. Slide down the hard drive backplane until the release pin locks into the slot.
  3. Connect the SAS, power, and data cables to the hard drive backplane.
    Figure 1. Installing an x8 hard drive backplane
    This figure shows installing an x8 hard drive backplane.
    1. SAS cable
    2. x8 hard drive backplane
    3. power connector
    4. backplane power cable
    5. optical disk drive power cable
    6. release pin
    7. signal cable

Next steps

  1. Install the hard drives in their original locations.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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