IBM 392, 387, 393, 391, 389, 388, 441, 390 manual Backplane for 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives

• Up to eight 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard disk drives with one backplane

The following illustration shows the locations of the hot-swap hard disk drive backplanes. You need to open the server cover and remove the front system fans to access the backplanes. See “Removing the server cover” on page 85 and “Replacing the front system fan” on page 149.

Notes:

1.Depending on the model, your server might look slightly different from the illustration in this topic.

2.The following illustration is based on five to eight 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA or SAS hard disk drives with two backplanes 1 .

Figure 18. Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane locations

Backplane for 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives

This topic provides information to help you locate the connectors on a 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane.

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