# Is the backplane SATA only or are SAS drives supported?

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**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [November 22, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/is-the-backplane-sata-only-or-are-sas-drives-supported/709 "2023-11-22T19:25:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/is-the-backplane-sata-only-or-are-sas-drives-supported/709/18 "2024-09-21T01:08:48Z")

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FYI - I did the cable swaps to get 8 SAS drives in my HL15 Full Build. I documented on this forum including my changes the alias file.

> [@HL15 Full Build SAS/SATA Swap on Backplane](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/hl15-full-build-sas-sata-swap-on-backplane/977):
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> FYI for anyone looking swap the to 8 SAS and 7 SATA connections on the backplane of full build HL15’s and still have “45Drives Disks” work in Cockpit/Houston. Default setup is SATA only for slots 1-1 to 1-8 and SAS/SATA slots 1-9 to 1-15. Cables coming from the motherboard to the backplane are labeled A,B,C,D going right to left. Motherboard ------------------------------------------------------ | 15 14 13 | 12 11 10 09 | 08 07 06 05 | 04 03 02 01 | | D | C …

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