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2.5-inch drive backplanes

Use this information to locate the connectors on the optional 2.5-inch drive backplanes.

2.5-inch SATA/SAS 8-bay backplane​

Figure 1. 2.5-inch SATA/SAS 8-bay backplane

Table 1. Connectors on 2.5-inch SATA/SAS 8-bay backplane
1 SATA/SAS connector 13 SATA/SAS connector 0
2 Power/configuration cable connector 
2.5-inch SATA/SAS 8-bay backplane comes with:

  • Eight SATA/SAS drive connectors with bay numbers of 0-7 or 8-15, depending on the location installed.

  • One power/configuration connector
  • Two SATA/SAS connectors (0, 1)

2.5-inch AnyBay (SATA/SAS/NVMe) 8-bay backplane​

Figure 2. 2.5-inch AnyBay (SATA/SAS/NVMe) 8-bay backplane

Table 2. Connectors on 2.5-inch AnyBay (SATA/SAS/NVMe) 8-bay backplane
1 NVMe connector 35 SATA/SAS connector 1
2 NVMe connector 26 SATA/SAS connector 0
3 NVMe connector 17 Power/configuration cable connector
4 NVMe connector 08 Cable numbering labels

2.5-inch AnyBay (SATA/SAS/NVMe) 8-bay backplane comes with:

  • Four SATA/SAS drive connectors with bay numbers of 0-3 or 8-11, depending on the location installed.

  • Four NVMe drive connectors with bay numbers of 4-7 or 12-15, depending on the location installed.

  • One power/configuration cable connector
  • Two SATA/SAS connectors (0, 1)

  • Four NVMe connectors (0, 1, 2, 3)