Dell EMC PowerEdge M640 Installation and Service Manual

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Removing the drive backplane

Prerequisites

  • CAUTION: To prevent damage to the drives and the drive backplane, you must remove the drives from the system before removing the drive backplane.
  • CAUTION: Note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before removal so that you can replace them at the same locations.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system .

  3. Remove the drives.

Steps

  1. Pressing the release latches, lift the drive backplane only until the guide pins on the drive cage disengage from the guides on the drive backplane.
    • NOTE: You cannot disconnect the drive backplane cable from the system board connector, until you remove the drive cage.
    Figure 1. Removing the drive backplaneThis figure shows removing the hard drive backplane.
    • NOTE: If your system supports a SAS/PCIe backplane, then you must also loosen two additional retention screws that connect the storage controller cable connector to the system board connector.
  2. Remove the drive cage.
  3. Using the Phillips #2 screwdriver, loosen the retention screws securing the drive backplane cable connector to the system board connector.
  4. Lift the drive backplane away from the system.
    Figure 2. Removing the backplane cableThis image shows removing the backplane cable.

Next steps

Install the drive or Install the drive backplane.

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