Cable Routing For 2.5-Inch Drives To One Backplane - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 Maintenance Manual

• 2.5-inch SATA/SAS 8-bay backplane (referred to as "8-bay backplane")
• 2.5-inch AnyBay 8-bay backplane (referred to as "AnyBay backplane")
4U PCIe riser assemblies can be installed when the PCIe slot 3 or 13 are not occupied by PCIe adapters,
make sure the slots for 4U PCIe riser cards are available before the riser card installation.

Cable routing for 2.5-inch drives to one backplane

Use this section to route cables for 2.5-inch drives to one backplane.
Following is the list of combinations of cable routing for 2.5-inch drives to one backplane.
• "Connecting signal cables to one backplane" on page 38
– "One 8-bay backplane" on page 39
– "One AnyBay backplane" on page 40
– Two processors installed
– Four processors installed
Connecting signal cables to one backplane
When there is one backplane installed, see the following illustrations for cable routing.
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