16 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (NVMe)
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 16 x 2.5-inch NVMe front drive
bays.
The server model is configured with two 8 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplanes (BP 1 and BP 2). Below lists the
supported configuration with these two front drive backplanes.
Note: The two AnyBay backplanes are used as two pure NVMe backplanes.
Configuration
Config. 1
The following table shows the cable connections for all configurations:
Configuration 1: (front drive bays only)
Config.
Front BP
BP 1: NVMe 0–1
BP 1: NVMe 2–3
BP 1: NVMe 4–5,
NVMe 6–7
1
BP 2: NVMe 0–1
BP 2: NVMe 2–3
BP 2: NVMe 4–5
BP 2: NVMe 6–7
Storage controller
Qty.
1
System board
PCIe 1, PCIe 2
PCIe 3
PCIe 4, PCIe 5
PCIe 6
PCIe 7
PCIe 8
Type
PCIe switch
Storage controller
PCIe switch
C 0, C1
.
Chapter 3
Internal cable routing
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