- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Backplane cover
- Inside the system
- Air shroud
- Cooling fans
- Internal PERC riser
- Intrusion switch
- Drives
- Removing a drive blank
- Installing a drive blank
- Removing a 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Removing a 3.5-inch drive adapter from a 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5-inch drive adapter into the 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Removing a drive carrier
- Installing a drive carrier
- Removing the drive from the drive carrier
- Installing a drive into the drive carrier
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser
- Installing expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing expansion card from the system board
- Installing expansion card on the system board
- Removing an expansion card riser
- Installing an expansion card riser
- M.2 SSD module
- Optional MicroSD or vFlash card
- Optional IDSDM or vFlash module
- LOM riser card
- Drive backplane
- Cable routing
- Rear drive cage
- System battery
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Optical drive (optional)
- Power supply units
- Hot spare feature
- Removing a power supply unit blank
- Installing a power supply unit blank
- Removing a power supply unit
- Installing a power supply unit
- Removing a non-redundant cabled AC power supply unit
- Installing a non-redundant cabled AC power supply unit
- Removing a DC power supply unit
- Installing DC power supply unit
- Wiring instructions for a DC power supply unit
- Power interposer board
- Control panel
- System board
- Restoring the system using Easy Restore
- Entering the system Service Tag by using System Setup
- Trusted Platform Module
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 Installation and Service Manual
Backplane details
Depending on your system configuration,
the drive backplanes supported in PowerEdgeR540 are listed here:
Figure 1. 8 X 3.5 inch
drive backplane 
Figure 2. 12 X 3.5 inch
drive backplane 
Figure 3. 2 x 3.5 inch
drive backplane (rear) 
| System | Supported hard drives options |
|---|---|
| PowerEdge R540 | 3.5 inch (x8) SAS, SATA backplane |
| 3.5 inch (x12) SAS or SATA backplane and 3.5 inch (x2) SAS or SATA backplane (rear) |
- SAS/SATA B cable connector
- Signal connector
- SAS/SATA A cable connector
- Power connector
- Power cable connector
- SAS/SATA cable connector
- SAS/SATA cable connector
- Backplane signal connector
- SAS cable connector
- Power connector
- Signal connector
- SAS cable connector
Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
Please select whether the article was helpful or not.
Comments cannot contain these special characters: <>()\