Dell PowerEdge XE9685L Installation and Service Manual

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Removing the drive backplane

Prerequisites

CAUTION:To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the drives from the system before removing the backplane.
CAUTION:Note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before you remove the drive so that you can reinstall them in the same location.
NOTE:The procedure to remove the backplane is similar for all backplane configurations.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
  3. Remove the drives.
  4. Observe and disconnect the drive backplane cables from the connector on the system board and backplane.

Steps

  1. Press the blue release tab to disengage the drive backplane from the hooks on the system.
  2. Lift and pull the drive backplane out of the system.
    NOTE:To avoid damaging the backplane, remove the disconnected backplane cables from the cable routing clips before removing the backplane.
    Figure 1. Removing the drive backplane
    This image shows the removal of the drive backplane.

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