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13.2.2
2.5" x16 Backplane
The 16-drives 2.5‖ HDD backplane assembly is as follows:
Only 2.5" HDD are supported in this configuration
Two Mini-SAS cables are used to connect both channels of the integrated PERC H700
storage card to the sixteen-drive backplane.
A SAS expander is used to map 16 HDD to the PERC H700 (2 x4 SAS) controller
Mixing SATA and SAS is NOT supported.
Mixing SAS and SSD is supported.
Dell PowerEdge R910 Technical Guide
Figure 20. 2.5" x4 Backplane
6 Gb SAS
EXPANDER
Figure 21. 2.5" x16 Backplane
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