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Backplane configurations for 12 drives

This section contains backplane configuration information to support 12 drives.

The following illustrations show the supported backplane configurations to support 12 drives

  • This configuration consists of three 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and requires three SAS signal cables.
    three 4x2.5 backplanes
  • This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane and requires three SAS signal cables.
    one 8x2.5 backplane and one 4x2.5 backplane
  • This configuration consists of one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane and one 8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires three SAS signal cables.
    one 4x2.5 backplane and one 8x1.8 backplane
  • This configuration consists of one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane and one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane with controller expander and requires two SAS signal cables.
    one 4x2.5 backplane and one 8x2.5 backplane