The following illustrations show the supported combination of drive backplane
configurations that you can use to support 16 drives:
This configuration consists of four 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and requires
four SAS signal cables.
This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and two
4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and requires four SAS signal cables.
This configuration consists of two 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and one
8x2.5-inch drive backplane and requires four SAS signal cables.
This configuration consists of two 8x2.5-inch drive backplanes and requires four
SAS signal cables.
This configuration consists of two 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and one
8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires four SAS signal cables.
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2.5” HDD/SSD
2.5” HDD/SSD
2.5” HDD/SSD
2.5” HDD/SSD
2.5” HDD/SSD
2.5” HDD/SSD
2.5” HDD/SSD
2.5” HDD/SSD
1.8” SSD
1.8” SSD
1.8” SSD
1.8” SSD
1.8” SSD
1.8” SSD
1.8” SSD
1.8” SSD
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This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and one
8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires four SAS signal cables.
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