Figure 41. Installing a drive into the drive carrier
Next steps
1. Install the drive carrier.
Drive backplane
This is a service technician replaceable part only.
Drive backplane
Depending on your system configuration, the drive backplanes supported are listed here:
Table 15. Supported backplane options
System Supported drives options
PowerEdge R550
16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
Figure 42. 16x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
1. BP_DST_SB1
2. BP_PWR_CTRL (backplane power and signal cable to system board)
3. BP_DST_SB1
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Installing and removing system components