Dell PowerEdge R640 EMC PowerEdge R640 Installation and Service Manual - Page 133
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Next steps 1. Install the air shroud. 2. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system on page 72. Backplane Backplane details Depending on your system configuration, the drive backplanes supported in PowerEdge R640 are listed here: Table 61. Supported backplane options for PowerEdge R640 systems System Supported drives options 2.5 inch (x8) SAS or SATA backplane PowerEdge R640 2.5 inch (x10) SAS, SATA, or NVMe backplane 2.5 inch (x10) SAS, SATA, or NVMe backplane and 2.5 inch (x2) SAS or SATA backplane (back) 3.5 inch (x4) SAS or SATA backplane NOTE: Mixing of 2.5 inch 10K or 15K SAS drives with 2.5 inch 7.2K SATA or Nearline SAS drives on the same backplane is not supported. You can mix solid state drives with hard drives on the same backplane. Figure 80. 4 X 3.5 drive backplane 1. release tab (2) 3. SAS cable B connector 2. SAS cable A connector 4. backplane signal cable connector Figure 81. 8 X 2.5 drive backplane 1. release tab (2) 3. backplane signal cable connector 5. SAS cable B connector 2. SAS cable A connector 4. backplane 6. power cable connector Figure 82. 10 X 2.5 drive backplane 1. release tab (2) 3. NVMe cable connector 2. NVMe cable connector 4. NVMe cable connector Installing and removing system components 133
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