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7mm drive backplanes

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

The server supports one of the following 7mm drive backplanes:

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

Figure 1. SATA cable routing

From

To

1 Power connector on the 7mm drive backplane

1 7mm backplane power connector on the system board assembly

2 Signal connector on the 7mm drive backplane

2Onboard: PCIe 11
Figure 2. NVMe cable routing

From

To

1 Power connector on the 7mm drive backplane

1 7mm backplane power connector on the system board assembly

2 Signal connector on the 7mm drive backplane

2 7mm backplane signal connector on the system board assembly

Figure 3. RAID cable routing

From

To

1 Power connector on the 7mm drive backplane

1 7mm backplane power connector on the system board assembly

2 Signal connector on the 7mm drive backplane

2 8i adapter: C0

7mm RAID NVMe 2-Bay backplanes​

Figure 4. Cable routing for 7mm RAID NVMe 2-Bay backplanes

From

To

1 Power connector on the 7mm drive backplane

1 7mm backplane power connector on the system board assembly

2 Signal connector on the 7mm drive backplane

2 7mm backplane signal connector on the system board assembly

7mm RAID SATA/NVMe 2-Bay backplanes​

Figure 5. Cable routing for 7mm RAID SATA/NVMe 2-Bay backplanes

From

To

1 Power connector on the 7mm drive backplane

1 7mm backplane power connector on the system board assembly

2 Signal connector on the 7mm drive backplane

2 7mm backplane signal connector on the system board assembly