Lenovo RD430 manual Installing, removing, or replacing hardware

Replacing the backplane for server models with eight 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays

Attention: Do not open your server or attempt any repair before reading and understanding “Safety information” on page iii and “Guidelines” on page 81.

This topic provides instructions on how to replace the backplane for server models with eight 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays.

Before you begin, print all the related instructions or ensure that you can view the PDF version on another computer for reference.

Note: To clearly show the backplane, the system fans are omitted from the illustrations in this topic.

To replace the backplane for server models with eight 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays, do the following:

1.Remove all media from the drives and turn off all attached devices and the server. Then, disconnect all power cords from electrical outlets and disconnect all cables that are connected to the server.

2.If the server is installed in a rack cabinet, remove the server from the rack cabinet and place it on a flat, clean, and static-protective surface. See the Rack Installation Instructions that comes with the server.

3.Remove the server cover. See “Removing the server cover” on page 83.

4.Locate the backplane. See “Components of server models with eight 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays” on page 32.

5.Remove all the installed 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and dummy trays (if any) from the hard disk drive bays. See “Installing or replacing a hot-swap hard disk drive” on page 148.

6.Note down the cable connections on the backplane and then disconnect all cables from the backplane.

7.Press each of the two latches on the chassis in the direction as shown until the latch snaps into the open position and will not interfere with lifting up the backplane.

Figure 111. Releasing the backplane for server models with eight 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays

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