Removing and replacing the disk drive backplane

Use this procedure to remove, replace, or install the disk drive backplane in the IBM® Power® 710 Express (8231-E2B, 8231-E1C, 8231-E1D, or 8268-E1D) and the IBM Power 730 Express (8231-E2B, 8231-E2C, or 8231-E2D) servers.

The following figures show the disk drive backplane in the 8231-E2B, 8231-E1C, 8231-E1D, 8231-E2C, 8231-E2D, or 8268-E1D.

Figure 1. Disk drive backplane

Figure 2. Disk drive backplane with tape