Drive Backplane; Drive Backplane Guidelines - Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 Installation And Service Manual

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Figure 44. Installing a cabled drive

Next steps

1. Install the internal drive bay into the chassis.

2. Follow the procedure listed in

3. Enter System Setup and ensure that the drive controller is enabled.

4. Exit System Setup and restart the system.

5. Install any software required for operating the drive as described in the documentation for the drive.

Drive backplane

Depending on the configuration, your system supports one of the following backplane configurations:

● x8 SAS/SATA backplane for 3.5 inch drives

NOTE:

The x8 backplane also supports up to eight 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA, or SSD) hot swappable drives that can be

installed in 3.5 inch drive adapters, which can be installed in the 3.5 inch drive carriers.

● x16 SAS/SATA backplane for 2.5 inch drives

Installing and removing system components

After working inside your

system.

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