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Dell PowerEdge C6320 Owner's Manual

Midplanes

In a 3.5 inch hard drive configuration, two midplanes connect the system board to the 3.5 inch hard drive backplane. In a 2.5 inch hard drive configuration, two midplanes connect the system boards the 2.5-inch hard drive backplane for expander configuration.

Figure 1. Midplane connectors
This figure shows midplane connectors.
  1. 2x17pin control connector for power distribution board 1
  2. mini-SAS connector for system board 3 and 4 (hard drive 5 and 6)
  3. mini-SAS connector for system board 3 and 4 (hard drive 1, 2, 3 and 4)
  4. mini-SAS connector for system board 1 and 2 (hard drive 5 and 6)
  5. mini-SAS connector for system board 1 and 2 (hard drive 1, 2, 3 and 4)

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