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Backplane configuration for 12 drives
Use this information for an overview of the supported backplane configuration for 12 drives.
The following illustration shows the supported backplane configuration to support 12 drives. This
configuration consists of one 4x2.5-inch drive backplane and one 8x1.8-inch drive backplane and requires
three SAS signal cables.
3 2.5-inch HDD/SSD drive
2 2.5-inch HDD/SSD drive
1 2.5-inch HDD/SSD drive
0 2.5-inch HDD/SSD drive
4 1.8-inch SSD drive
5 1.8-inch SSD drive
6 1.8-inch SSD drive
7 1.8-inch SSD drive
8 1.8-inch SSD drive
9 1.8-inch SSD drive
10 1.8-inch SSD drive
11 1.8-inch SSD drive
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