Dell EMC PowerEdge R440 - Hard Drive Backplane

Next steps
1 If removed, install the risers.
2 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
Hard drive backplane
Depending on your system conguration, the hard drive backplanes supported in PowerEdge R440 are listed here:
Table 43. Supported backplane options for PowerEdge R440 systems
System Supported hard drives options
PowerEdge R440
3.5 inch (x4) SAS, SATA backplane
2.5 inch (x10) SAS, SATA or NVMe backplane
2.5 inch (x8) SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS drives
Figure 75. 4 x 3.5 backplane
1
release tab 2 SAS_A connector on the backplane
3 backplane power cable connector 4 power connector
Figure 76. 8 x 2.5 backplane
1
release tab 2 SATA_A cable connector
3 backplane signal cable connector 4 backplane
5 SATA_B cable connector 6 backplane power cable connector
Figure 77. 10 x 2.5 backplane
1
release tab 2 bridge PCIe cable connector
3 internal PCIe cable connector 4 NVMe cable connector
5 NVMe cable connector 6 backplane power cable connector
7 NVMe cable connector
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