Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 Installation and Service Manual

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Drive backplane guidelines

Depending on the configuration, your system supports one of the following backplane configurations:

  • x8 SAS/SATA backplane for 3.5 inch drives
    NOTE The x8 backplane also supports up to eight 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA, or SSD) hot swappable drives that can be installed in 3.5 inch drive adapters, which can be installed in the 3.5 inch drive carriers.
  • x16 SAS/SATA backplane for 2.5 inch drives
Figure 1. x8 drive backplane
This image shows the x8 drive backplane
  1. ODD power connector
  2. backplane P4 power connector
  3. backplane sideband signal connector
  4. Mini SAS SAS_A0
  5. Mini SAS SAS_B0
Figure 2. x16 drive backplane
This image shows the x16 drive backplane
  1. backplane P4 power connector
  2. backplane power connector
  3. backplane power connector for optical and tape drives
  4. signal connector
  5. Mini SAS HD SAS_A0
  6. Mini SAS HD SAS_B0
  7. I2C Connector

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