Note: The AnyBay backplane and NVMe backplane listed above use the same physical circuit board. The 
difference is which connectors on the backplane are cabled: NVMe and SAS/SATA, or just NVMe.
The following table lists the supported backplane combinations. Install the backplane according to your 
server configuration.
Figure 71. Drive backplane numbering
Back-
plane 
quantity
Backplane 
1 Backplane  2 Backplane  3
1
•  8-bay SAS/SATA
•  8-bay NVMe
•  8-bay AnyBay
2
8-bay SAS/SATA
•  8-bay SAS/SATA
•  8-bay AnyBay
•  8-bay NVMe
8-bay NVMe 8-bay NVMe
8-bay AnyBay 8-bay AnyBay
8-bay AnyBay 8-bay NVMe
3
8-bay SAS/SATA 8-bay SAS/SATA
•  8-bay SAS/SATA
•  8-bay AnyBay
•  8-bay NVMe
8-bay SAS/SATA
8-bay NVMe 8-bay NVMe
8-bay NVMe 8-bay NVMe 8-bay NVMe
8-bay AnyBay 8-bay AnyBay 8-bay AnyBay
1
24-bay expander backplane
Attention: 
•  Read 
“Installation Guidelines” on page 47 and “Safety inspection checklist” on page 48 to ensure that you 
work safely.
•  To avoid damage to the drive connectors, make sure that the server top cover is in place and fully closed 
whenever you install or remove a drive.
•  To make sure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two minutes 
without either a drive or a drive bay filler installed in each bay.
•  Before you make changes to drives, drive controllers (including controllers that are integrated on the 
system board assembly), drive backplanes, or drive cables, back up all important data that is stored on 
drives.
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