Supported SAS/SATA drive backplane configurations
The following are illustrations of the hot-swap drive backplanes that are supported on the server.
You can install a combination of 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch SAS/SATA drive backplanes in the server for the maximum drive capacity. However, any SAS/SATA adapter that you install in the server must be capable of supporting two internal, 4-lane SAS/SATA signal connectors. The following illustrations show the supported 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch SAS/SATA drive backplane configurations and drive IDs assigned by IMM:
The following illustration shows the supported backplane configuration that you can use to support four drives:
- This configuration consists of one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane and requires one SAS signal cable.
The following illustrations show the supported combination of drive backplane configurations that you can use to support eight drives:
- This configuration consists of two 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and requires two SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and requires two SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of one 8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires two SAS signal cables. You can also install the optional simple-swap 2.5-inch SATA drive kit in this configuration.
The following illustrations show the supported combination of drive backplane configurations that you can use to support 12 drives:
- This configuration consists of three 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and requires three SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane and requires three SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane and one 8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires three SAS signal cables.
The following illustrations show the supported combination of drive backplane configurations that you can use to support 16 drives:
- This configuration consists of four 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and requires four SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and two 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and requires four SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of two 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and requires four SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of two 8x2.5-inch drive backplanes and requires four SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of two 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and one 8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires four SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and one 8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires four SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of two 8x1.8-inch drive backplanes and requires four SAS signal cables. You can also install the optional simple-swap 2.5-inch SATA drive kit in this configuration.
The following illustrations show the supported combination of drive backplane configurations that you can use to support 20 drives:
- This configuration consists of three 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and one 8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires five SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane, one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane, and one 8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires five SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane and two 8x1.8-inch drive backplanes and requires five SAS signal cables.
The following illustrations show the supported combination of drive backplane configurations that you can use to support 24 drives:
- This configuration consists of two 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and two 8x1.8-inch drive backplanes and requires six SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and two 8x1.8-inch drive backplanes and requires six SAS signal cables.
- This configuration consists of three 8x1.8-inch drive backplanes and requires six SAS signal cables. You can also install the optional simple-swap 2.5-inch SATA drive kit in this configuration.
