Removing the Front-Drive Backplane
Procedure
- Power off the server.
For details, see Power-Off Procedure.
- Remove the power cables from the PSUs.
For details, see Removing PSU Cables.
- Remove the server.
For details, see Removing the Server.
- Place the server on the ESD workstation.
- Remove front drives.
For details, see Removing a SAS/SATA Drive or Removing an NVMe SSD.
- Remove the chassis cover.
For details, see Removing the Chassis Cover.
- Remove the air duct or built-in drive module.
For details, see Removing the Air Duct or Removing the Built-in Drive Module.
- Remove all fan modules.
For details, see Removing a Fan Module.
- Remove the fan module bracket.
- Pressing the latches on both sides of the fan module bracket, lift the fan module bracket vertically. See (1) and (2) in Figure 6-121.
- Remove the other fan module bracket in the same way.
- Determine the position of the front-drive backplane.
- Remove all cables from the front-drive backplane.
For details, see Internal Cabling.
- Remove the front-drive backplane.
- Press the latch on the drive backplane and lift the backplane vertically as far as it will go. See (1) in Figure 6-122.
- Remove the front-drive backplane horizontally. See (2) in Figure 6-122.
- Place the removed component in an ESD bag.