Use this information to replace the hot-swap hard disk
drive backplane.
You must turn off the server before installing simple-swap
drives in the server. Before you install a simple-swap SAS or SATA
hard disk drive, read the following information. For a list of supported
hard disk drives, see the Lenovo ServerProven website.
Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.
If you are replacing a server component in the server,
you need to turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect
the power cords and all external cables.
To install the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane, complete
the following steps:

- Reconnect the cables to the replacement backplate.
- Connect the SAS/SATA controller signal cable to the
backplane.
- Connect the power cable to the backplane.
- Connect the configuration cable to the backplane.
- Slide the backplate into the guide channels, making sure
that any nearby wires or cables are not trapped or pinched.
- Press on the blue touch point firmly until the backplane
is fully seated and clicks into place. The following illustrations
shows the respective cable connections when the hot-swap drive backplane
is connected to a redundant power supply or a fixed power supply.
Note: Make sure the relevant cables pass through the cable clips.
- Hot-swap backplane connected to fixed power supply:

- Hot-swap backplane connected to redundant power supply:

- Install the cover (see Replacing the cover).
- Replace the hard disk drives.
- Reconnect the power cords and any cables that you removed.
- Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.