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Drive backplates/backplanes

See this section to locate the connectors in the drive backplates/backplanes.

3.5-inch simple-swap backplate (Bay 0-3)



Table 1. 3.5-inch simple-swap backplate (Bay 0-3)
Bay number in the lower drive cage
1 Signal/SATA connector SATA 3
2 Signal/SATA connector SATA 2
3 Signal/SATA connector SATA 1
4 Signal/SATA connector SATA 0

3.5-inch simple-swap backplate (Bay 4-7 without optical disk drive)



Table 2. 3.5-inch simple-swap backplate (Bay 4-7 without optical disk drive)
Bay number in the lower drive cage
1 Signal/SATA connector SATA 7 / NVMe 7
2 Signal/SATA connector SATA 6 / NVMe 6
3 Signal/SATA connector SATA 5
4 Signal/SATA connector SATA 4

3.5-inch simple-swap backplate (Bay 4-5 with optical disk drive)



Table 3. 3.5-inch simple-swap backplate (Bay 4-5 with optical disk drive)
Bay number in the lower drive cage
1 Signal/SATA connector SATA 5
2 Signal/SATA connector SATA 4

3.5-inch hot-swap backplane



Table 4. 3.5-inch hot-swap backplane connectors
1 Power connector2 SAS/SATA connector

2.5-inch hot-swap backplane



Table 5. 2.5-inch hot-swap backplane connectors
1 Power connector3 SAS/SATA 0 connector
2 SAS/SATA 1 connector