
Midplane power cable routing
Figure 51. Midplane power cable routing from power interposer board
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left midplane
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+12 V power cable for left midplane
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GND cable for left midplane
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power interposer board
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+12 V power cable for right midplane
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GND cable for right midplane
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right midplane
Drive cage
The drive cage contains the drives, the backplane, and the expander board.
The drive cage supports the following drive configurations:
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up to 24 x 2.5 inch SAS or SATA drives
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up to 8 x 2.5 inch NVMe drives, with 16 x 2.5 inch SAS or SATA drives
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up to 12 x 3.5 inch SAS or SATA drives
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diskless no backplane
Removing the 2.5 inch drive cage
Prerequisites
CAUTION:
To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, you must remove the drives from the system before removing the
backplane.
Installing and removing enclosure components
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