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Drive backplane connectors

See this section to locate the connectors on the drive backplanes.

10 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the 10 x 2.5-inch drive backplane.

Figure 1. 10 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane
10 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane

1 NVMe 8–92 SAS 2
3 NVMe 6–74 SAS 1
5 Power6 NVMe 4–5
7 NVMe 2–38 NVMe 0–1
9 SAS 0

8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the 10 x 2.5-inch drive backplane.

Figure 2. 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane

1 SAS 12 Power
3 SAS 0

4 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the 4 x 2.5-inch drive backplane.

Figure 3. 4 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane
4 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane

1 NVMe 2–32 SAS
3 Power4 NVMe 0–1

4 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the 4 x 2.5-inch drive backplane.

Figure 4. 4 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
4 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane

1 SAS2 Power

Rear 2 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the rear 2 x 2.5-inch drive backplane.

Figure 5. Rear 2 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane
Rear 2 x 2.5 NVMe backplane

1 SAS2 Power
3 NVMe

E3.S drive backplane​

Figure 6. Connectors for E3.S 1T
E3.S 1T
1 Bay 02 Bay 1
3 Bay 24 Bay 3
5 Power connector

Front M.2 boot backplane and controller board​

Figure 7. Front M.2 boot backplane

Figure 8. Front M.2 controller board

1 Power connector1 Signal connector

Rear M.2 drive backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the rear M.2 drive backplane.

Figure 9. Rear M.2 drive backplane

1 Signal2 Power

Internal M.2 drive backplane​

For the locations of M.2 connectors on the internal backplanes, see Internal M.2 backplane and M.2 drive replacement for details.