Lenovo 2592, 2593 Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane, Backplane for 3.5-inch hard disk drives

The following illustration shows the connectors on the expander card. Each connector on the expander card is used to connect a mini-SAS to mini-SAS signal cable. For detailed information, see “Mini-SAS to mini-SAS signal cable connections” on page 38.

Figure 23. Expander card

1Connector 1

2Connector 2

3Connector 3

4Connector 4

5Connector 5

6Connector 6

Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane

Your server comes with one of the following hot-swap hard disk drive and backplane configurations:

•Up to eight 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA or SAS hard disk drives with one backplane

•Up to eight 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard disk drives or SATA solid-state drives with one backplane

•Up to 16 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard disk drives or SATA solid-state drives with two backplanes

To locate the backplane(s), see “Server components” on page 29.

Backplane for 3.5-inch hard disk drives

This topic provides information to help you locate the connectors on the backplane for 3.5-inch hard disk drives.

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