Jason Lee

PowerEdge R470 Cabling

The PowerEdge R470 Cabling is intended as a supplementary document for the 17G
PowerEdge R470 Administration and Maintenance course.

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Routing Area

General Cabling

Storage Cabling
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Routing Area
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Engineers should never lift the cable by pulling the wires. Always use cable pull tabs or gripping
the connector. Removing or reseating cables is challenging in tight spaces or for tiny connectors.

Many backplanes are secured using tabs instead of screws. Engineers should examine how the
backplane is held in-place, particularly the metal guide hooks.

Routing area
There are four major areas where cables are routed.

1. Channel in the fan gantry.

2. Left sidewall bracket.

3. Rear system board or host processor module (HPM).

4. Right sidewall bracket.

5. Channel on the Power Interface Board (PIB).

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General Cabling for Cold Aisle Configuration

General cabling for cold aisle configuration

Description
 Connection from LCP KVM to Attic card on the DC-SCM.

Connection from Front BOSS Module to BOSS connector at the rear of the
system board.

Connection from iDRAC RJ-45 with DB9 serial port card to Secondary
Control Panel connector.

Connection from RCP to Primary Control Panel connector.

Connection from Intrusion Switch to system board J2 connector.

General Cabling for Hot Aisle Configuration

General cabling for hot aisle configuration

Description

Connection from LCP Quick Sync to Secondary Control Panel connector.

Connection from iDRAC RJ-45 with DB9 serial port card to Secondary
Control Panel connector.

Connection from RCP to Primary Control Panel connector.

Connection from Intrusion Switch to system board J2 connector.

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8 x E3.s (NVMe) Direct Connect Configuration 0

8 x E3.s (NVMe) Direct Connect Configuration 0

Description

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB1 and BP_DST_PA1 to system

 board SL3 and SL4.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to system board

PWR25_26.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB2 and BP_DST_PA2 to system

board SL13 and SL14.

8 x E3.s (NVMe) Direct Connect Configuration 1

8 x E3.s (NVMe) Direct Connect Configuration 1

Description
 Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB1 and BP_DST_PA1 to system
board SL3 and SL4.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to system board

PWR25_26.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB2 to system board SL5.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA2 to system board SL6.

8 x E3.s (NVMe) Direct Connect Configuration 2

8 x E3.s (NVMe) Direct Connect Configuration 2

 Description

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB1 to system board SL1.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA1 to system board SL2.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to system board

PWR25_26.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB2 to system board SL3.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA2 to system board SL4.

8 x E3.s (G4 NVMe) with Smart Flow Configuration 3

8 x E3.s (NVMe) Direct Connect Configuration 3

Description

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA1 to system board SL1.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB1 to system board SL2.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to system board PWR1_2.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA2 to system board SL3.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB2 to system board SL4.

8 x E3.s (G4 NVMe RAID) with Smart Flow Configuration 4

8 x E3.s (G4 NVMe RAID) with Smart Flow Configuration 4

Description

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA1 and BP_DST_PB1 to front

PERC card CTRL_SRC_SA1_PA1.

Connection from front PERC card CTRL_DST_PA1 to system board SL1

and SL2.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to system board PWR1_2.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL to front PERC card

CTRL_PWR.
 Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA2 and BP_DST_PB2 to front
PERC card CTRL_SRC_SB1_PB1.

8 x E3.s (NVMe RAID) with Smart Flow Configuration 5

8 x E3.s (NVMe RAID) with Smart Flow Configuration 5

Description

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA1 and BP_DST_PB1 to front

PERC card CTRL_SRC_SA1_PA1.

Connection from front PERC card CTRL_DST_PA1 to system board SL1.

 Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to system board PWR1_2.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL to front PERC card

CTRL_PWR.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA2 and BP_DST_PB2 to front

PERC card CTRL_SRC_SB1_PB1.

8 x E3.s (NVMe RAID) with Smart Flow Configuration 6

8 x E3.s (NVMe RAID) with Smart Flow Configuration 6

Description
 Connection from front PERC card CTRL_DST_PA1 to system board SL1
and SL2.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL1 to system board PWR12.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL to front PERC card

CTRL_PWR.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_SA1 and BP_DST_SB1 to front

PERC card CTRL_SRC_SA1_PA1.

8 x E3.s (NVMe RAID) with Smart Flow Configuration 7

8 x E3.s (NVMe RAID) with Smart Flow Configuration 7

 Description

Connection from front PERC card CTRL_DST_PA1 to system board SL1.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to system board PWR1_2.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL to front PERC card

CTRL_PWR.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_SA1 and BP_DST_SB1 to front

PERC card CTRL_SRC_SA1_PA1.

4 x 3.5” (SAS/SATA) and Rear 2 x E3.s Configuration 8

4 x 3.5” (SAS/SATA) and Rear 2 x E3.s Configuration 8

 Description

Connection from PERC card to system board SL11 and SL12, and rear
backplane BP_DST_PA1 and BP_PWR_1.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to system board PWR1_2.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_SA1 to PERC card CTRL_SRC_SA1.

10 x 2.5” (SAS/SATA) with Smart Flow Configuration 9

10 x 2.5” (SAS/SATA) with Smart Flow Configuration 9

 Description

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to system board PWR1_2.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_SA1 to front PERC card

CTRL_SRC_SA1_PA1.

Connection from backplane CTRL_DST_PA1 to system board SL1 and

SL2.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL to front PERC card

CTRL_PWR.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB2 to system board SL3.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_SB1 to front PERC card

CTRL_SRC_SB1_PB1.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA3 to system board SL4.

10 x 2.5” (SAS/SATA) with Smart Flow Configuration 10

10 x 2.5” (SAS/SATA) with Smart Flow Configuration 10

Description

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to system board PWR1_2.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_SA1 to front PERC card

CTRL_SRC_SA1_PA1.

Connection from backplane CTRL_DST_PA1 to system board SL1.

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL to front PERC card

CTRL_PWR.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB2 to system board SL3.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_SB1 to front PERC card

CTRL_SRC_SB1_PB1.
 Connection from backplane BP_DST_PA3 to system board SL4.

16 x E3.s (NVMe) Direct Connect Configuration 11

16 x E3.s (NVMe) Direct Connect Configuration 11

Description

Connection from backplane BP_PWR_CTRL_1 and BP_PWR_CTRL_1 to

system board PWR1_2.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB1 and BP_DST_PA1 to system

board SL1 and SL2.
Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB2 and BP_DST_PA2 to system
board SL3 and SL4.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB1 and BP_DST_PA1 to system

board SL5 and SL6.

Connection from backplane BP_DST_PB2 and BP_DST_PA2 to system

board SL23 and SL25.