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Installing the hard-drive/ssd backplane – Dell PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

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CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive/SSD and temporarily label them before removal so
that you can replace them in the same locations.

CAUTION: To prevent damage to the hard drives/SSDs and the hard-drive/SSD backplane, you must remove
the hard drives/SSDs from the server module before removing the hard-drive/SSD backplane.

3.

Remove the hard drive(s)/SSD(s).

4.

Hold both edges of the hard-drive/SSD backplane near the server module chassis and lift the backplane away from

the server module.

Figure 19. Removing and Installing the Hard-Drive/SSD Backplane

1. guide pins (3)
2. guides (3)
3. hard-drive/SSD backplane

4. hard-drive/SSD connectors (2)
5. hard-drive backplane/SSD connector

Installing The Hard-Drive/SSD Backplane

1.

Open the server module.

2.

Align the guides on the hard-drive/SSD backplane with the guide pins on the system board.

3.

Press down the backplane until the connectors on the backplane and the system board are fully engaged.

4.

Install the hard drives/SSDs in their original locations.

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