
Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 Installation and Service Manual
Installing a hard drive backplane
Prerequisites
- Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
- Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
- If installed, remove the front bezel.
- Remove the air shroud.
Steps
- Use the hooks at the base of the system as guides to align the hard drive backplane.
- Lower the hard-drive backplane into the system till the release pin locks in place, securing the hard drive backplane to the system.
- Connect the data, signal, and power cables to the backplane.
Figure 1. Installing a hard drive backplane 
Next steps
- Install the air shroud.
- Install the drives into their original slots.
- If applicable, install the bezel.
- Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
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