Eight 3.5-inch simple-swap drives
Use this section to understand the cable routing for server models with eight 3.5-inch simple-swap drives
(software RAID).
Following are the options available for this configuration:
• "Eight SATA drives" on page 71
• "Seven SATA drives and one NVMe drive" on page 72
Eight SATA drives
From
1
Lower backplate
2
To
Backplane 1 power
connector
SATA 0-3
From
1
Upper backplate
2
Chapter 3
To
Backplane 2 power
connector
SATA 4, 5, 6, 7
.
Internal cable routing
71