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Removal and replacement procedures 46
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all bays
are populated with either a component or a blank.
The installation is complete.
Removing the SAS-SATA backplane
1. Power down the server (on page 16).
2. Remove the access panel ("Removing the access panel" on page 17).
3. Remove all hard drives ("Removing a hot-plug SAS hard drive" on page 41) and hard drive blanks
("Removing a hard drive blank" on page 40).
4. Remove the screws securing the SAS hard drive cage.
5. Slowly pull the SAS hard drive cage out of the server until there is enough room to reach behind the
SAS hard drive cage.
6. Disconnect all cables from the back of the SAS hard drive cage.