Backplane configurations for 16 drives
The following illustrations show the supported backplane configurations 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 one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and one
8x2.5-inch drive backplane with controller expander and requires two SAS
signal cables.
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