Backplane configurations for 12 drives
The following illustrations show the supported backplane configurations to
support 12 drives.
This configuration consists of three 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and requires
three SAS signal cables.
This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and one
4x2.5-inch drive backplane and requires three SAS signal cables.
This configuration consists of one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane and one
8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires three SAS signal cables.
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2.5” HDD/SSD
2.5” HDD/SSD
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This configuration consists of one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane and one
8x2.5-inch drive backplane with controller expander and requires two SAS
signal cables.
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2.5” HDD/SSD
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