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Hard disk drive cable connection

Review the following information before connecting power and signal cables to internal drives.

Review the following information before connecting cables to the backplanes:
Note
The power paddle card is under the system board in this system.
  1. For server models with eight 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives.
    Figure 1. Server models with eight 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives
    Server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives
  2. For server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter.
    Figure 2. Server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter
    Server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter
  3. For server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters.
    Figure 3. Server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters.
    Server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters
  4. For server models with twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter.
    Figure 4. Server models with twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter
    Server models with twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter
  5. For server models with twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapaters.
    Figure 5. Server models with twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters
    Server models with twenty-four 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters
  6. For server models with thirty-two 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter.
    Figure 6. Server models with thirty-two 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter
    Server models with thirty-two 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter
  7. For server models with thirty-two 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters.
    Figure 7. Server models with thirty-two 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters
    Server models with thirty-two 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters
  8. For server models with six 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drives (6G).
    Figure 8. Server models with six 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drives (6G)
    Server models with six 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drives (6G)
  9. For server models with six 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drives (12G).
    Figure 9. Server models with six 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drives (12G)
    Server models with six 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drives (12G)
  10. For server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter.
    Figure 10. Server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter
    Server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and one single ServeRAID adapter
  11. For server models with twelve 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters.
    Figure 11. Server models with twelve 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters
    Server models with twelve 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives and two ServeRAID adapters
  12. For server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (at bottom) and eight 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (on top) and two ServeRAID adapters.
    Figure 12. Server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (at bottom) and eight 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (on top) and two ServeRAID adapters
    Server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (at bottom) and eight 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (on top) and two ServeRAID adapters
  13. For server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (at bottom) and sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (on top) and two ServeRAID adapters.
    Figure 13. Server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (at bottom) and sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (on top) and two ServeRAID adapters
    Server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (at bottom) and sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (on top) and two ServeRAID adapters
  14. Server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (at bottom) and six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (on top) and two ServeRAID adapters.
    Figure 14. Server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (at bottom) and six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (on top) and two ServeRAID adapters
    Server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (at bottom) and six 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (on top) and two ServeRAID adapters