Acer R720 Series manual To install the SAS/SATA backplane board

90 3 System upgrade

To install the SAS/SATA backplane board:

1Observe the ESD precautions and pre-installation instructions described on page 35.

2Remove the air baffles. See “To remove the small air baffle” section on page 45.

3Make sure all hot-plug HDD carriers are removed from the drive bay. For instructions, see “To remove a HDD” section on page 48.

4Hold the backplane board only by the edges. Do not push or pull on any components on the backplane. Set the backplane in place at the front of the server system, with the sides of the board resting in the guides at the left and right sides of the server unit.

5Slide the backplane board into the server system guides at the left and right sides of the server system until the pins at the left and right sides of the backplane bracket are fully inserted into the matching holes in the server system.

6 Observe the post-installation instructions described on page 36.