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Backplates and backplanes

Use this information to identify the backplate or the backplane you use.

Backplate, four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives (connects to onboard connectors)

Figure 1. Backplate, four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives (connects to onboard connectors)
Backplate, four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives (connects to onboard connectors)

Backplate, four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives (connects to Gen 3 RAID adapter)

Figure 2. Backplate, four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives (connects to Gen 3 RAID adapter)
Backplate, four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives (connects to Gen 3 RAID adapter)

Backplate, four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives (connects to Gen 4 RAID adapter)

Figure 3. Backplate, four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives (connects to Gen 4 RAID adapter)
Backplate, four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives (connects to Gen 4 RAID adapter)

Backplate, three 3.5-inch simple-swap drives and one NVMe drive (connects to onboard connectors)

Figure 4. Backplate, three 3.5-inch simple-swap drives and one NVMe drive (connects to onboard connectors)
Backplate, three 3.5-inch simple-swap drives and one NVMe drive (connects to onboard connectors)

Backplane, four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives

Figure 5. Backplane, four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives
Backplane, four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives

Backplane, eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives

Figure 6. Backplane, eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives
Backplane, eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives

Backplane, ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drives

Figure 7. Backplane, ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drives
Backplane, ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drives