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Four 3.5-inch simple-swap drive cable routing

Use this section to understand how to route cables for four 3.5-inch simple-swap drive model.

Note
  • Connections between connectors; 11, 22, 33, ... nn

  • When routing the cables, ensure that all cables are routed appropriately through the cable guides and cable clips.

Four SATA drives (Software RAID)

Figure 1. Four SATA drives (Software RAID)
Four SATA drives (Software RAID)
FromTo
1 Backplate: Power cableSystem board: Backplane power connector
2 Backplate: SATA cableSystem board: SATA connector 0-3

Three SATA drives and one NVMe drive (Software RAID)

Figure 2. Three SATA drives and one NVMe drive (Software RAID)
Three SATA drives and one NVMe drive (Software RAID)
FromTo
1 Backplate: Power cableSystem board: Backplane power connector
2 Backplate: SATA cableSystem board: SATA connector 0-3
3 Backplate: NVMe cableSystem board: MCIO x4 connector for NVMe

Four SATA drives (Hardware RAID/HBA)

Figure 3. Four SATA drives (Hardware RAID/HBA)
Four SATA drives (Hardware RAID/HBA)
FromTo
1 Backplate: Power cableSystem board: Backplane power connector
2 Backplate: SATA cable
  • 8i G4: C0

  • 8i G3: C0