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Backplane configurations for 16 drives

This section contains backplane configuration information to support 16 drives.

The following illustrations show the supported backplane configurations to support 16 drives

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