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Dell Precision 7920 Rack Owner's Manual

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Removing hard drive backplane

Prerequisites

CAUTION:To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the hard drives from the system before removing the backplane.
CAUTION:Note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before you remove the hard drive so that you can replace them in the same locations.
  1. Remove the air shroud.
  2. Remove the cooling fan assembly.
  3. Remove the backplane cover.
  4. Remove all hard drive.
  5. Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.

Steps

Press the release tabs and lift the backplane to disengage the backplane from the hooks on the system.
Figure 1. Removing hard drive backplane
Figure displaying removing hard drive back panel

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