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Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 Installation and Service Manual

Backplane details

Depending on your system configuration, the backplanes supported in PowerEdge R740 are listed here:
Table 1. Supported backplane options for PowerEdge R740 systems.This table lists the supported drives supported options for PowerEdge R730 systems. The options are 2.5 inch (x16) SAS/SATA backplane, or 2.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane, or 3.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane.
SystemSupported backplane options
PowerEdge R7402.5 inch (x16) SAS/SATA backplane, or
2.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane, or
3.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane
Figure 1. Back view of 16 x 2.5 inch drive backplane
This image shows back view of 16 x 2.5 inch drive backplane.
  1. signal connector (J_BP_SIG)
  2. power connector (J_BP_PWR)
Figure 2. Back view of 8 x 2.5 inch drive backplane
This image shows back view of the 8 x 2.5 inch drive backplane.
  1. SAS connector (BP SAS B)
  2. SAS connector (BP SAS A)
  3. power connector (J_BP_PWR)
  4. signal connector (J_BP_SIG)
Figure 3. Back view of 8 x 3.5 inch drive backplane
This image shows back view of the 8 x 3.5 inch drive backplane.
  1. SAS connector (BP SAS B)
  2. signal connector (J_BP_SIG)
  3. SAS connector (BP SAS A)
  4. power connector (J_BP_PWR_A)

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