Figure 30. 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 that are supported are listed here:
Table 56. Supported backplane options
System Supported hard drives options
PowerEdge XE8640 2.5-inch (x 8) NVMe backplane
Figure 31. 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe drive backplane
1.
BP_ DST_PB2 (PCIe/NVMe connector) 2. BP_DST_SB1 (PERC to backplane)
3. BP_DST_PA2 (PCIe/NVMe connector) 4. BP_PWR_1 (backplane power and signal cable to system
board)
5. BP_DST_PB1 (PCIe/NVMe connector) 6. BP_DST_SA1 (PERC to backplane)
7. BP_PWR_CTRL 8. BP_DST_PA1 (PCIe/NVMe connector)
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