Backplane Cable Routing - Dell EMC PowerEdge R6400 Installation And Service Manual

Backplane cable routing

Figure 64. Cabling the 24 x 2.5 inch backplane with NVMe hard drives
1 backplane
3 backplane signal cable 2(BP: BPSIG1 to MB: left linking board)
5 NVMe cable for sled 1(BP: BP_NVMe0 sled 1 to MB: left linking
board)
7 NVMe connector for sled 2
9 left linking board
11 linking board connector for sled 2
13 NVMe cable for sled 3(BP: BP_NVMe12 sled 3 to MB: Right
linking board)
15 NVMe connector for sled 4
17 right linking board
19 linking board connector for sled 4
21 SATA cable for sled 4(BP: sled 4 to MB: right linking board)
23 backplane signal cable 4(BP: BPSIG3 to MB: Right linking
board)
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2 backplane signal cable 1(BP: BPSIG2 to MB: left linking
board)
4 SATA cable for sled 1(BP: sled 1 to MB: left linking board)
6 NVMe cable for sled 2(BP: BP_NVMe6 sled 2 to MB: left
linking board)
8 NVMe connector for sled 1
10 linking board connector for sled 1
12 SATA cable for sled 2(BP: sled 2 to MB: left linking board)
14 NVMe cable for sled 4(BP: BP_NVMe18 sled 4 to MB: right
linking board)
16 NVMe connector for sled 3
18 linking board connector for sled 3
20 SATA cable for sled 3(BP: sled 3 to MB: right linking board)
22 backplane signal cable 3(BP: BPSIG2 to MB: right linking
board)