Dell PowerEdge FC830 - Removing a 2.5-Inch (X4) SAS Hard-Drive or SSD Backplane

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Before working inside your system
Removing the hard-drive or SSD cage
After working inside your system
Hard drive or SSD backplane
NOTE: All drives connect to the system board through the hard-drive or SSD backplane cable
connector.
The following table provides information about connecting different backplane configurations to the
respective connectors on the system board and expander card.
Table 25. Hard drive or SSD backplane configuration
Drive backplane
configurations
Connectors
SATA_BP connector on the system
board
J_PERC connector on the system
board
2.5-inch (x8) SAS
backplane -
SAS backplane cable connector that
connects eight hard drives or SSDs to
the system board.
2.5-inch (x8) SATA
backplane
SATA backplane cable connector that
connects eight hard drives or SSDs to
the system board.
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2.5-inch (x6) SATA plus
2.5-inch (x2) PCIe
backplane
SATA drive backplane cable
connector that connects six hard
drives or SSDs to the system board.
PCIe drive backplane cable connector
that connects two PCIe SSDs to the
system board.
1.8-inch (x16) SAS SSD
backplane
SAS drive backplane cable connector
that connects SSDs populated in bays
8–15 to the system board.
SAS backplane cable connector that
connects SSDs populated in bays 0-7
to the system board through an
expander card. For more information
about installing an expander card, see
the Expander card section.
NOTE: Ensure that you install an expander card on the system board if you are using 1.8 inch (x16)
SSD system. For information about the installation procedure, see the Expander card section.
NOTE: For more information about hard-drive or SSD bay numbering, see the Hard-drive or SSD
bay numbering.
NOTE: To locate SATA_BP and J_PERC connectors on the system board, see the System board
connectors section.
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