Drive combination
Backplanes required
Number of
adapters
supported
4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
1x 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD
Backplane, 44X4104
1
8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
2x 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD
Backplane, 44X4104
1
4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays + 8x 1.8-inch hot-
swap SSD bays
1x 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD
Backplane, 44X4104
1x 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD
Backplane, 44X4106
2
8x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays
1x 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD
Backplane, 44X4106
1
16x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays
2x 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD
Backplane, 44X4106
2
4x 2.5-inch NVMe
1x 4x 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe SSD
Backplane, 44X4108
1 or 2*
2x 2.5-inch NVMe +
4x 2.5-inch HDD/SSD
1x 4x 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe SSD
Backplane, 44X4108
1x 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD
Backplane, 44X4104
2
2x 2.5-inch NVMe +
8x 1.8-inch SSD
1x 4x 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe SSD
Backplane, 44X4108
1x 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD
Backplane, 44X4106
2
* The number of controllers required is dependent on the number of drives installed: 1 or 2 drives requires
one controller, and 3 or 4 drives requires two controllers.
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