Drive Backplane Cable Routing; Bp Signal Cable Routing - Lenovo ThinkEdge SE455 V3 User Manual

Drive backplane cable routing

Follow the instructions in this section to learn how to do cable routing for the drive backplanes.
Complete the following procedure to route the cables properly.
Connect BP power cables to the system board
Figure 218. BP power cables
Cable
Front BP power cable, 320mm
1
Internal BP power cable, 200mm
2
1. Connect the BP power cable(s) to the system board.
a. Connect the front BP power cable to
b. For configuration with internal drive backplane, connect the internal BP power cable to
backplane power connector.
2. Secure the power cables in cable clip
Note: Make sure to place BP power cables under the blue signal cable of PCIe riser 2.

BP signal cable routing

Proceed to the section corresponding to the selected configuration.
Configuration
"RAID to front SATA + internal SATA BP" on page 243
242 ThinkEdge SE455 V3 User Guide
From: system board
Front backplane power connector
Internal backplane power connector
Front backplane power connector.
1
.
B
BP signal cable
Front BP + internal BP to x350 RAID adapter:
• Two SAS/SATA cables for x350 adapters, MiniSAS-HD
x4 to Slimline x4, 400mm
To
Front drive backplane: power
connector
Internal drive backplane: power
connector
Internal
2