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Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 Installation and Service Manual

Cable routing

Figure 1. Cable routing - 12 x 3.5-inch drive backplane and 2 x 3.5-inch rear drive backplane with internal PERC riser
This image shows cable routing of 12 x 3.5 inch drive backplane and 2 x 3.5 inch rear drive backplane with internal PERC riser
  1. Drive backplane
  2. SAS cable (BP: SAS A2 to rear drive backplane)
  3. Internal PERC
  4. Drive backplane (rear)
  5. Cable guiding latch
  6. SAS cable (BP: SAS A0/B0 to internal PERC riser)
Figure 2. Cable routing - 8 x 3.5-inch drive backplane with internal PERC riser
This image shows cable routing of 8 x 3.5 inch drive backplane with internal PERC riser
  1. Drive backplane
  2. SATA cable (BP: BP_A to internal PERC riser: SATA_A)
  3. Internal PERC
  4. Cable guiding latch
  5. SATA cable (BP: BP_B to internal PERC riser: SATA_B)
Figure 3. Cable routing - 12 x 3.5-inch drive backplane with internal PERC riser
This image shows cable routing of 12 x 3.5-inch drive backplane
  1. Drive backplane
  2. Internal PERC
  3. Cable guiding latch
  4. SAS cable (BP: SAS A0/B0 to internal PERC riser)
Figure 4. Cable routing - 8 x 3.5-inch drive backplane
This image shows cable routing of 8 x 3.5 inch drive backplane
  1. Drive backplane
  2. SATA A cable (BP: BP_A to MB: SATA_A)
  3. SATA B cable (BP: BP_B to MB: SATA_B)
  4. System board
  5. Cable guiding latch
Figure 5. Cable routing - 2 x 3.5-inch Hybrid backplane with NVMe U.2 SSD
This image shows the cable routing for 2 x 3.5-inch Hybrid backplane with NVMe U.2 SSD
  1. drive backplane
  2. backplane signal cable (BP:BP_SIG1 to MB:BP_SIG1)
  3. backplane power cable
  4. SATA cable (BP:BP_B0 to MB SATA_B1)
  5. SATA cable (BP:BP_C0 to MB SATA_C1)
  6. SATA cable (BP:BP_A0 to MB SATA_A1)
  7. Power interposer board (PIB)
  8. PCIe cable (BP:BP PCIe B0 to MB Interposer_A)
  9. PCIe cable (BP:BP PCIe A0 to MB PCIe_A0)

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