Infrastructure Boards (Continued)
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Board
Description
Disk backplane
This board includes the connectors for the storage drives, power
cables, and signal cable, as well as the interconnect for the I/O
board, Power and Locator buttons, and system/component
status LEDs. The server can have either a 12-disk backplane or a
24-disk backplane. Each storage drive has Power/Activity and
Fault LEDs.
SAS expander
This board serves as an interface between the disk backplane and
board
the storage drive cables that connect to the HBA PCIe card.
The number of PCIe2 risers supported varies with the server
PCIe2 risers
configuration:
• Server without rear-mounted boot drives: Three risers, each
having two standard low-profile PCIe2 slots, for a total of six
x8 slots. Two slots support native x8 electrical/mechanical, and
four slots are active and support switched x8
electrical/mechanical.
or
• Server with rear-mounted boot drives: Two risers, each
having two standard low-profile PCIe2 slots, for a total of four
x8 slots. Two slots support native x8 electrical/mechanical, and
two slots are active and support switched x8
electrical/mechanical.
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Dimensions and Weight
The chassis form factor dimensions and weight are listed in
TABLE 1-3
Parameter
Height
Width
Depth
Weight
Servers Dimensions
Sun Fire X4270 M2 Server
3.43 inches/87.12 mm
16.75 inches/425.45 mm
30.0 inches/762.0 mm
65 lb/29.54 kg
Chapter 1
Sun Fire X4270 M2 Server Overview
Reference
Section 5.4, "Servicing
the Disk Backplane" on
page 5-9
Section 5.2, "Servicing
the SAS Expander
Board" on page 5-3
Section 4.4, "Servicing
PCIe Risers" on
page 4-17
.
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