7mm drive backplanes

This topic provides cable routing information for the 7mm drive backplanes.

7mm non-RAID SATA/NVMe 2-Bay backplanes​

Figure 1. SATA cable routing for 7mm drive backplanes

From		To
1 7mm backplane power connector		1 7mm power connector on the system board assembly
2 7mm backplane signal connector		2 Onboard: PCIe 8

Figure 2. NVMe cable routing for 7mm drive backplanes

From		To
1 7mm backplane power connector		1 7mm power connector on the system board assembly
2 7mm backplane signal connector		2 7mm signal connector on the system board assembly

Figure 3. RAID cable routing for 7mm drive backplanes

From		To
1 7mm backplane power connector		1 7mm power connector on the system board assembly
2 7mm backplane signal connector		2 Riser 1 RAID adapter

7mm RAID NVMe 2-bay backplanes​

Figure 4. Cable routing for 7mm drive backplanes

From		To
1 7mm backplane power connector		1 7mm power connector on the system board assembly
2 7mm backplane signal connector		2 7mm signal connector on the system board assembly

7mm RAID SATA/NVMe 2-bay backplanes​

Figure 5. Cable routing for 7mm drive backplanes

From		To
1 7mm backplane power connector		1 7mm power connector on the system board assembly
2 7mm backplane signal connector		2 7mm signal connector on the system board assembly

7mm drive backplane cable routing at 12 x 3.5 SAS/SATA backplane configuration​

Figure 6. 7mm drive backplane cable routing at 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane configuration

From		To
1 Onbard: PCIe 8		1 7mm backplane signal connector and front backplane SAS 2
2 7mm backplane power connector		2 7mm power connector on the system board assembly