The following illustrations show the connectors on a 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane.
Figure 19. Front view of the 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane
1 Slot 0 for a 3.5-inch SATA or SAS hot-swap hard
disk drive
3 Slot 2 for a 3.5-inch SATA or SAS hot-swap hard disk drive
2 Slot 1 for a 3.5-inch SATA or SAS hot-swap hard
disk drive
4 Slot 3 for a 3.5-inch SATA or SAS hot-swap hard disk drive
Figure 20. Rear view of the 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane
1 8-pin power connector
• For 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane on the lower hard disk drive cage, connect the P5 power
connector of the power supply to the 8-pin power connector on the backplane.
• For 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane on the upper hard disk drive cage, connect the P4 power
connector of the power supply to the 8-pin power connector on the backplane.
2 Mini-SAS signal cable connector
Used to connect the mini-SAS connector on one end of the mini-SAS signal cable.
36 ThinkServer User Guide
