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Drive backplane connectors

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

10 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/AnyBay backplane​

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

Figure 1. 6 x SAS/SATA + 4 x Anybay backplane
6 x SAS/SATA + 4 x Anybay backplane

  • 1 SAS 2
  • 2 NVMe 2–3
  • 3 NVMe 0–1
  • 4 SAS 1
  • 5 Power
  • 6 SAS 0
Figure 2. 10 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane (Gen 4)
10 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane (Gen 4)

  • 1 SAS 2
  • 2 NVMe 8–9
  • 3 NVMe 6–7
  • 4 SAS 1
  • 5 NVMe 4–5
  • 6 NVMe 2–3
  • 7 NVMe 0–1
  • 8 Power
  • 9 SAS 0
Figure 3. 10 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane (Gen 5)
10 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane (Gen 5)

  • 1 SAS 8–9
  • 2 NVMe 8–9
  • 3 NVMe 6–7
  • 4 SAS 4–7
  • 5 Power
  • 6 NVMe 4–5
  • 7 NVMe 2–3
  • 8 NVMe 0–1
  • 9 SAS 0–3
  • 10 Sideband connector

8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the 8 x 2.5-inch drive backplane.

Figure 4. 8 x 2.5 SAS/SATA backplane
8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane

  • 1 SAS 1
  • 2 Power
  • 3 SAS 0

4 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe/AnyBay backplane​

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

Figure 5. 4 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
4 x 2.5 SAS/SATA backplane

  • 1 Power
  • 2 SAS
Figure 6. 4 x 2.5-inch NVMe backplane
4 x 2.5 NVMe backplane

  • 1 NVMe 2–3
  • 2 NVMe 0–1
  • 3 Power
Figure 7. 4 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane
4 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane

  • 1 NVMe 2–3
  • 2 Power
  • 3 NVMe 0–1
  • 4 SAS

16 x EDSFF backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the 16 x EDSFF drive backplane.


16 x EDSFF backplane

  • 1 EDSFF 0–1
  • 2 EDSFF 2–3
  • 3 EDSFF 4–5
  • 4 EDSFF 6–7
  • 5 Power
  • 6 EDSFF 8–9
  • 7 EDSFF 10–11
  • 8 EDSFF 12–13
  • 9 EDSFF 14–15

Rear 7mm SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the rear 7mm drive backplane.

Figure 8. 7mm SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane (top + bottom)
7mm SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane (top + bottom)

  • 1 Power
  • 2 Signal

Rear 2 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane​

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

Figure 9. Rear 2 x 2.5 NVMe backplane
Rear 2 x 2.5 NVMe backplane

  • 1 NVMe 1
  • 2 Power
  • 3 NVMe 0
Figure 10. Rear 2 x 2.5 SAS/SATA backplane
Rear 2 x 2.5 SAS/SATA backplane

  • 1 SAS
  • 2 Power

M.2 drive backplane​

To locate the connectors on the M.2 drive backplanes, see M.2 backplane and M.2 drive replacement for details.