Dell PowerEdge R530xd Owner's Manual

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Removing 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 came with the product.
  • CAUTION: To prevent damage to the hard drives and hard drive backplane, you must remove the hard drives from the system before removing the hard drive backplane.
  • CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before removal so that you can reinstall them in their original locations.
  1. Ensure that you read the Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system .
  3. Remove all hard drives.

Steps

  1. Disconnect the left ear control panel and right ear I/O module cables, SAS/SATA data cable(s), and power cables from the hard-drive backplane.
    • CAUTION: The I/O module is connected to the backplane using a Zero Insertion Force(ZIF) connector. To prevent damage to the I/O cable, you must release the locking tab of the ZIF connector on the hard drive backplane before removing or installing the I/O cable. Do not use excessive force when removing the I/O module cable as it can damage the connectors.
  2. Press the hard drive backplane release tabs to disengage the backplane from the chassis.
  3. Push the hard drive backplane away from the system until the securing hooks on the system chassis are free from the slots on the hard drive backplane.
  4. Lift the backplane partially away from the system and disconnect the control panel cable, USB cable, and backplane signal cable.
  5. Lift the backplane away from the system.
    Figure 1. Removing and installing the SAS/SATA backplane This figure shows removing and installing the SAS/SATA backplane
    1. release tab (2)
    2. left ear control panel flex cable
    3. backplane signal cable
    4. backplane power cable
    5. SAS cable B1/A1
    6. USB cable
    7. control panel
    8. right ear I/O panel flex cable
    9. ZIF connector for right ear I/O panel flex cable
    10. backplane power cable
    11. hard drive backplane
    12. hard drive backplane connector (12)
    Figure 2. The figure shows cabling between the hard drive backplane and RAID controller card without any riser modules. The figure shows cabling between the hard drive backplane and RAID controller card.
    1. RAID controller
    2. system board
    3. backplane
    4. SAS A connectors on backplane
    5. SAS B connectors on backplane
    Figure 3. The figure shows cabling between the hard drive backplane and RAID controller on internal PERC riser and internal hard drive connections. The figure shows cabling between the hard drive backplane and Internal PERC riser and internal hard drive connections.
    1. internal hard drives (2)
    2. internal SATA connector
    3. system board
    4. SAS A connector on RAID controller
    5. SAS B connector on RAID controller
    6. backplane
    7. SAS A connectors on backplane
    8. SAS B connectors on backplane
    Figure 4. The figure shows cabling between the hard drive backplane RAID controller on dual riser module. The figure shows cabling between the hard drive backplane RAID controller on dual riser module.
    1. system board
    2. RAID controller on dual riser module
    3. SAS A connector on RAID controller
    4. SAS B connector on RAID controller
    5. backplane
    6. SAS A connectors on backplane
    7. SAS B connectors on backplane
  1. Reconnect the data cable(s) and power cable to the hard drive backplane
  2. Install all SAS/SATA/SSD hard drives into their original locations.
  3. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system .

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