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Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 Installation and Service Manual

Cable routing

Figure 1. Cable routing – 8 x 2.5 inch drive backplane with mini PERC
This image shows cable routing – 8 x 2.5 inch drive backplane with mini PERC.
  1. backplane
  2. backplane power cable (BP: BP1 to MB: BP1 )
  3. backplane signal cable (BP: BPSIG1 to MB: BPSIG1)
  4. system board
  5. mini PERC
  6. SAS cable (BP: BP SAS A, BP SAS B to adapter PERC)
Figure 2. Cable routing – 8 x 2.5 inch drive backplane with adapter PERC
This image shows cable routing – 8 x 2.5 inch drive backplane with adapter PERC.
  1. backplane
  2. backplane signal cable (BP: BPSIG1 to MB: BPSIG1)
  3. backplane power cable (BP: BP1 to MB: BP1)
  4. system board
  5. adapter PERC
  6. SAS cable (BP: BP SAS A, BP SAS B to MB: RISER 2)
Figure 3. Cable routing – 8 x 3.5 inch drive backplane with on board SATA
This image shows cable routing – 8 x 3.5 inch drive backplane on board SATA.
  1. backplane
  2. backplane power cable (BP: BP1 to MB: BP1)
  3. backplane signal cable (BP: BPSIG1 to MB: BPSIG1)
  4. system board
  5. SATA B cable (BP: BP SAS B to MB: J_BP_SIG1)
  6. SATA A cable (BP: BP SAS A to MB: BP 12C RVYPM)
Figure 4. Cable routing – 8 x 3.5 inch drive backplane with mini PERC
This image shows cable routing – 8 x 3.5 inch drive backplane with mini PERC.
  1. backplane
  2. backplane power cable (BP: BP to MB: BP1)
  3. backplane signal cable (BP: BPSIG1 to MB: BPSIG1)
  4. system board
  5. mini PERC
  6. SAS cable (BP: BP SAS A0, BP SAS B0 to MB: J_STORAGE1)
Figure 5. Cable routing – 8 x 3.5 inch drive backplane with adapter PERC
This image shows cable routing – 8 x 3.5 inch drive backplane with adapter PERC.
  1. backplane
  2. backplane power cable (BP: BP1 to MB: BP1)
  3. backplane signal cable (BP: BPSIG1 to MB: BPSIG1)
  4. system board
  5. adapter PERC
  6. SAS A cable (BP: BP SAS A0 to MB: J_BP_PWR_A1)
  7. SAS B cable (BP: BP SAS B0 to MB: J_BP_SIG1)
Figure 6. Cable routing – 16 x 2.5 inch drive backplane with mini PERC
This image shows cable routing – 16 x 2.5 inch drive backplane with mini PERC.
  1. backplane
  2. backplane expander
  3. backplane power cable (BP: BP1 to MB: BP1)
  4. backplane signal cable (BP: BPSIG1 to MB: BPSIG1)
  5. system board
  6. mini PERC
  7. SAS cable (BP: BP SAS A0, BP SAS BO to MB: J_STORAGE1)
Figure 7. Cable routing – 16 x 2.5 inch drive backplane with adapter PERC
This image shows cable routing – 16 x 2.5 inch drive backplane with adapter PERC.
  1. backplane
  2. backplane expander
  3. backplane power cable (BP: BP1 to MB: BP1)
  4. backplane signal cable (BP: BPSIG1 to MB: BPSIG1)
  5. system board
  6. adapter PERC
  7. SAS cable (BP: J_SAS_BO, J_SAS_A0 to MB: J_STORAGE1)
NOTE:Internal cable connectors are not hot pluggable.

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