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Four 3.5-inch hot-swap drive cable routing

Use this section to understand how to route cables for four 3.5-inch hot-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/SAS drives (Software RAID)

Figure 1. Four SATA/SAS drives (Software RAID)
Four SATA/SAS drives (Software RAID)
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1 Backplane: PowerSystem board: Backplane powerPower 2x8 pin to power 2x6 pin (550 mm)
2 Backplane: SATA signalSystem board: SATA 0-3Mini-SAS HD x4 to Mini-SAS HD x4 (310 mm)

Four SATA/SAS drives (Hardware RAID/HBA)

Figure 2. Four SATA/SAS drives (Hardware RAID/HBA)
Four SATA/SAS drives (Hardware RAID/HBA)
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1 Backplane: PowerSystem board: Backplane powerPower 2x8 pin to power 2x6 pin (550 mm)
2 Backplane: SATA signal
  • 8i Gen 4: C0

  • 8i Gen 3: C0

  • 8i Gen 4: SlimSAS x8 to Mini-SAS HD x4 (450 mm)

  • 8i Gen 3: Mini-SAS HD x4 to Mini-SAS HD x4 (450 mm)