Owners Manual

Next steps
1. Install the expansion card riser 1.
2. Install the air shroud.
3. Follow the procedures in After working inside your system.
Backplane
Depending on your system configuration, the drive backplanes supported in NX3240 system are listed here:
Table 11. Supported backplane options for NX3240 system
System Supported backplane options
NX3240 system
3.5-inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, or
3.5-inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, 3.5-inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane on the mid drive
tray and 3.5-inch (x2) SAS/SATA backplane (back), or
3.5-inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, 3.5-inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane on the mid drive
tray and 2.5-inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane (back)
Figure 76. Back view of 12 x 3.5-inch backplane
1.
power connector (J_BP_PWR) 2. SAS connector (A2 BP SAS)
3. SAS connector (A1 BP SAS) 4. signal connector (BP SIG1)
5. SAS connector (J_SAS_A0_B0)
Figure 77. Back view of 3.5-inch backplane (mid drive tray)
1.
power connector (J_BP_PWR) 2. SAS connector (J_SAS_A1)
3. signal connector (J_BP_SIG) 4. SAS connector (J_SAS_B1)
5. release tab (2)
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