# Hiding an Empty Backplane

By default, LSA displays all the empty backplanes connected to the controller in the Other Hardware tab. However, if you must hide the empty backplanes from showing up in the Other Hardware tab, perform the following steps:

1. Stop the `LSAService`.
2. Open the lsa.conf file in the LSI Storage Authority/conf directory.
3. In the `LSA.conf` file, search for `empty_SGPIO_display` field.

   Modify the existing or default value in the `empty_SGPIO_display` field to `0`.

   - `0` – Disables the empty backplanes from showing up in the Other Hardware tab.

   - `1` – Enables the empty backplanes from showing up in the Other Hardware tab.

   By default, the `empty_SGPIO_display` field is set to `1`.

4. Start the `LSAService` once again.

Parent topic: Performing Initial Configuration