Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 Service Manual

Drive backplane
Drive backplane
Depending on your system configuration, the drive backplanes supported in PowerEdge R7515 are listed here:
● 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)
● 2.5 inch (x12) SAS or SATA + 2.5 inch (x12) NVMe backplane
● 2.5 inch (x24) SAS or SATA backplane
● 2.5 inch (x24) NVMe backplane
● 2.5 inch (x8) SAS or SATA + 2.5 inch (x16) NVMe backplane
Figure 44. 8 X 3.5 inch drive backplane
1.
SAS/SATA B cable connector 2. Signal connector
3. SAS/SATA A cable connector 4. Power connector
Figure 45. 12 X 3.5 inch drive backplane
1.
Power cable connector 2. SAS/SATA cable connector
3. SAS/SATA cable connector 4. Backplane signal connector
5. SAS cable connector
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Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 Specifications

General

Maximum Processors	1
Cores per Processor	Up to 64
Processor	AMD EPYC 7002 Series
Memory Type	DDR4
Memory Slots	16 DIMM slots
Storage	Up to 12 x 3.5" SAS/SATA or up to 24 x 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe drives
RAID Support	PERC H345, H745
Network Options	1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE
Network Controller	1 x 1GbE LOM
Power Supply	750W, 1100W
Form Factor	2U Rack
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi