Hard-Drive Or Ssd Backplane - Dell PowerEdge M830 Owner's Manual

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Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
Removing a hard-drive or SSD cage
Installing the system cover
Installing a blade
After working inside your system

Hard-drive or SSD backplane

Table 25. Hard-drive or SSD backplane configurations
Backplane
2.5-inch (x4) SAS
backplane
2.5-inch (x4) SATA
backplane
2.5-inch (x2) SATA
and 2.5-inch (x2)
PCIe backplane
1.8-inch (x12) SAS
SSD backplane
NOTE: All drives connect to the system board through the hard-drive or SSD backplane cable
connector.
The following table provides information about connecting different backplane configurations to the
respective connectors on the system board and expander card.
Table 26. Hard-drive or SSD backplane configurations
Drive backplane
configurations
2.5-inch (x4) SAS
backplane
2.5 -inch (x4) SATA
backplane
2.5-inch (x2) SATA and
2.5-inch (x2) PCIe
backplane
Configuration
A full-length SAS hard drive/SSD backplane with a
backplane cable. It supports up to four 2.5-inch SAS
hard drives or SSDs.
A full-length SAS hard drive/SSD backplane with a
backplane cable. It supports up to four 2.5-inch
SATA hard drives or SSDs.
A full-length backplane with two backplane cables.
It supports up to two 2.5-inch SATA hard drives or
SSDs and two 2.5-inch PCIe SSDs. For information
about populating drives in the bay, see the Hard
drive or SSD bay numbering.
A full-length SAS SSD backplane with two backplane
cables. It supports up to twelve 1.8-inch SAS SSDs.
SATA_BP connector on the system
board
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SATA backplane cable connector that
connects four hard drives or SSDs to
the system board.
SATA drive backplane cable
connector that connects two hard
drives or SSDs to the system board.
Connectors
J_PERC connector on the system
board
SAS backplane cable connector that
connects four hard drives or SSDs to
the system board.
PCIe drive backplane cable connector
that connects two PCIe SSDs to the
system board.
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