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Figure 84. Cable routing−bottom middle plane to 2.5-inch hard drive for expander conguration
Table 41. Cable routing−bottom middle plane to 2.5-inch hard drive for expander conguration
Item Cable From (bottom middle plane) To (expander card)
Hard drive backplane cable Mini-SAS connector for system
board 2 (J4)
Mini-SAS connector (4-7) for
system board 2
Hard drive backplane cable Mini-SAS connector for system
board 4 (J6)
Mini-SAS connector (12-15) for
system board 4
Hard drive backplanes
Servers use a backplane to attach hot swappable hard drives. A backplane has pins that pass directly into hard drive sockets without
cables. They may have single connector to connect one disk array controller or multiple connectors that can be connected to one or more
controllers.
Figure 85. Front view of the 3.5 inch hard drive backplane
1
3.5 inch backplane 2 hard drive connectors 1, 2 and 3 for system board 1 (from top
to bottom)
3 hard drive connectors 1, 2 and 3 for system board 2 (from top
to bottom)
4 hard drive connectors 1, 2 and 3 for system board 3 (from
top to bottom)
5 hard drive connectors 1, 2 and 3 for system board 4 (from top
to bottom)
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