Dell EMC PowerEdge XE7100 Installation and Service Manual

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Backplane

The following pages contain information about the backplane and middle plane connectors.

The image below shows the 3.5-inch hard drive backplane board:
Figure 1. 3.5-inch hard drive backplane

This image shows 3.5-inch hard drive backplane.

  1. 3.5-inch HDD connector
  2. PDB/Chassis manager board connector
  3. Fan connector 1/2
  4. SAS/SATA connector
  5. Fan connector 3/4
  6. SAS/SATA connector
  7. Fan connector 5/6
The image below shows the 2.5-inch hard drive backplane:
Figure 2. 4 x 2.5-inch hard drive backplane

This image shows the 4 x 2.5-inch hard drive backplane

  1. Midplane connector for link x8 PCIE (Gen3) for 2.5 inches NVMe SSD and Link x4 SAS/SATA for 2.5 inches SSD
  2. Power connector for link power P12V_25_BP from SAS expander board

SAS Expander board

The image below shows the Expander board:
Figure 3. SAS Expander board

This image shows SAS expander board.

  1. SAS/SATA connector to 3.5-inch HDD backplane
  2. SAS/SATA connector to 3.5-inch HDD backplane
  3. SFF standard x8 OCulink connector
  4. SAS/SATA connector to 3.5-inch HDD backplane
  5. Link x8 PCIe (Gen3) for PERC or raid card
  6. Contact power P12V_NODE with mid-plane
  7. Power connector for P12V_25_BP to 2.5 inches SSD backplane
  8. SFF standard x8 OCulink connector
  9. Riser connector for PCIe (Gen3) PERC or raid card
  10. JTAG connector

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