Hard Drive Backplane - Dell PowerEdge R730xd Owner's Manual

Figure 104. Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive into a hard drive carrier
1. hard drive carrier

Hard drive backplane

Depending on your system configuration:
Table 43. Supported hard drives supported options for PowerEdge R730xd systems
System Model
PowerEdge R730
2. hard drive
Supported hard drives options
2.5 inch (x24) SAS/SATA backplane or
2.5-inch (x24) SAS/SATA backplane, which
supports flexible zoning using dual PERC H730p
controllers with 12 and 12 drives split mode, 4 and
20 drives split mode, 8 and 16 drives split mode, 16
and 8 drives split mode and 20 and 4 drives split
mode, or
2.5 inch (x24) SAS/SATA, which includes 2.5 inch
(x4) Dell PowerEdge Express Flash (PCIe SSD)
backplane and 2.5 inch (x2) SAS/SATA backplane
(back), or
2.5 inch (x24) SAS/SATA, which includes 2.5 inch
(x4) Dell PowerEdge Express Flash (PCIe SSD)
backplane, or
3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, or
3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, 3.5 inch (x4)
SAS/SATA backplane on the hard drive tray and 2.5
inch (x2) SAS/SATA backplane (back) or
3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, and 2.5 inch
(x2) SAS/SATA backplane (back), or
1.8 inch (x18) uSATA SSD backplane, 3.5 inch (x8)
SAS/SATA backplane and 2.5 inch (x2) SAS/SATA
backplane (back)
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