RM238 Series
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3-1 Storage Backplane Options
RM238 series supports below backplanes:
8 x 3.5” Mini-SAS HD passive backplane
12 x 3.5” Mini-SAS HD passive backplane
12 x 3.5” Mini-SAS HD active backplane
2 x 2.5’’ SATA/SAS passive backplane
2 x 2.5’’ NVMe passive backplane
8 x 2.5” Mini-SAS HD passive backplane
16 x 2.5” Mini-SAS HD passive backplane with docked expander board
8 x 2.5” Mini-SAS HD passive backplane with 4 x tri-mode (SATA/SAS/NVMe) ports
8 x 2.5” NVMe passive backplane
All available SATA/SAS backplanes include the following common features:
12Gbps SAS and 6Gbps SATA
29-pin SFF-8680 12Gbps rated drive interface connectors, providing both power and I/O signals to attached devices
Hot swap support for SATA/SAS devices
I2C interface from a 4-pin connector for device status communication to the BMC over SMBus
LEDs to indicate drive activity and status for each attached device