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Dell PowerEdge R830 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.

Steps

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

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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