2. Follow the procedure listed in
Hard drive backplane
Hard drive backplane details
Depending on your system configuration, the hard drive backplanes supported in PowerEdge R440 are listed here:
Table 29. Supported backplane options for PowerEdge R440 systems
System
PowerEdge R440
Figure 82. 4 x 3.5 backplane
1. release tab
3. backplane power cable connector
Figure 83. 8 x 2.5-inch backplane
1. release tab
3. backplane signal cable connector
5. SATA_B cable connector
Figure 84. 10 x 2.5 backplane
1. release tab
3. internal PCIe cable connector
5. NVMe cable connector
7. NVMe cable connector
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Installing and removing system components
After working inside your system
Supported hard drives options
3.5-inch (x4) SAS, SATA backplane
2.5-inch (x10) SAS, SATA or NVMe backplane
2.5-inch (x8) SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS drives
2. SAS_A connector on the backplane
4. power connector
2. SATA_A cable connector
4. backplane
6. backplane power cable connector
2. bridge PCIe cable connector
4. NVMe cable connector
6. backplane power cable connector