Backplane
Backplane details
Depending on your system conguration, the backplanes supported in PowerEdge R740 are listed here:
Table 48. Supported backplane options for PowerEdge R740 systems.
System Supported backplane options
PowerEdge R740
2.5 inch (x16) SAS/SATA backplane, or
2.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane, or
3.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane
Figure 109. Back view of 16 x 2.5 inch drive backplane
1
signal connector (J_BP_SIG) 2 power connector (J_BP_PWR)
Figure 110. Back view of 8 x 2.5 inch drive backplane
1
SAS connector (BP SAS B) 2 SAS connector (BP SAS A)
3 power connector (J_BP_PWR) 4 signal connector (J_BP_SIG)
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