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Drive backplane connectors

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

10 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA/AnyBay backplane

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

Figure 1. 10 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane
10x2.5'' AnyBay front backplane (Gen 4)

1 SAS 22 NVMe 8–9
3 NVMe 6–74 SAS 1
5 NVMe 4–56 NVMe 2–3
7 NVMe 0–18 Power
9 SAS 0 
Figure 2. 6 x SAS/SATA + 4 x NVMe backplane
6x2.5'' SAS/SATA + 4x2.5'' NVMe front backplane

1 SAS 22 NVMe 2–3
3 NVMe 0–14 SAS 1
5 Power6 SAS 0
Figure 3. 10 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane (Gen 5)
10x2.5'' AnyBay front backplane (Gen 5)

1 SAS 8–92 NVMe 8–9
3 NVMe 6–74 SAS 4–7
5 Power6 NVMe 4–5
7 NVMe 2–38 NVMe 0–1
9 SAS 0–310 Sideband connector

8 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA backplane

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

Figure 4. 8 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA backplane
8x2.5'' SAS/SATA front backplane

1 SAS 12 Power
3 SAS 0 

4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA/AnyBay backplane

See this section to locate the connectors on the 4 x 3.5'' drive backplane.

Figure 5. 4 x 3.5'' AnyBay backplane
4x3.5'' AnyBay front backplane

1 NVMe 2–32 SAS
3 NVMe 0–14 Power
Figure 6. 4 x 3.5 SAS/SATA backplane
4x3.5'' SAS/SATA front backplane

1 SAS2 Power

4 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA/NVMe/AnyBay backplane

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

Figure 7. 4 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA backplane
4x3.5'' SAS/SATA front backplane

1 Power2 SAS
Figure 8. 4 x 2.5 NVMe backplane
4x2.5'' NVMe front backplane

1 NVMe 2–32 NVMe 0–1
3 Power 
Figure 9. 4 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane
4x3.5'' AnyBay front backplane

1 NVMe 2–32 Power
3 NVMe 0–14 SAS

16 x EDSFF backplane

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


16 EDSFF front backplane (Gen 4)

1 EDSFF 0–12 EDSFF 2–3
3 EDSFF 4–54 EDSFF 6–7
5 Power6 EDSFF 8–9
7 EDSFF 10–118 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 10. 7mm SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane (top + bottom)
7mm rear backplane

1 Power2 Signal

Rear 2 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane

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

Figure 11. Rear 2 x 2.5'' NVMe backplane
2x2.5'' NVMe rear backplane

1 NVMe 12 Power
3 NVMe 0 
Figure 12. Rear 2 x 2.5 SAS/SATA backplane
2x2.5'' SAS/SATA rear backplane

1 SAS2 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.