Lenovo RD540 Backplane for eight 2.5-inch hard disk drives, Pin power connector, Mini-SAS ports

Figure 23. Rear view of the backplane for 3.5-inch hard disk drives

1 8-pin power connector 3 Mini-SAS ports 0-3

2Optical drive power connector

1

8-pin power connector

Used to connect a power cable to provide power to the backplane.

2

Optical drive power connector

Used to connect the power cable for the slim optical drive.

3

Mini-SAS ports 0-3

Used to connect the mini-SAS connector on one end of the mini-SAS signal cable to support the hard disk drive 0 to hard disk drive 3.

Backplane for eight 2.5-inch hard disk drives

This topic provides information to help you locate the connectors on the backplane for eight 2.5-inch hard disk drives.

The following illustrations show the connectors on the backplane for eight 2.5-inch hard disk drives.

Figure 24. Front view of the backplane for eight 2.5-inch hard disk drives

	Slot 2 for a 2.5-inch hard disk drive		Slot 5 for a 2.5-inch hard disk drive
1		5
	Slot 4 for a 2.5-inch hard disk drive		Slot 3 for a 2.5-inch hard disk drive
2		6
	Slot 6 for a 2.5-inch hard disk drive		Slot 1 for a 2.5-inch hard disk drive
3		7
	Slot 7 for a 2.5-inch hard disk drive		Slot 0 for a 2.5-inch hard disk drive
4		8

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