Midplane power cable routing
Figure 52. Midplane power cable routing from power interposer board
1
left midplane 2 +12 V power cable for left midplane
3 GND cable for left midplane 4 power interposer board
5 +12 V power cable for right midplane 6 GND cable for right midplane
7 right midplane
Drive cage
The drive cage contains the drives, the backplane, and the expander board.
The drive cage supports the following drive congurations:
• up to 24 x 2.5 inch SAS or SATA drives
• up to 8 x 2.5 inch NVMe drives, with 16 x 2.5 inch SAS or SATA drives
• up to 12 x 3.5 inch SAS or SATA drives
• diskless no backplane
Removing the 2.5 inch drive cage
Prerequisites
CAUTION
: To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, you must remove the drives from the system before removing the
backplane.
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Installing and removing enclosure components
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