Cable Routing For Drives - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 Setup Manual

Note: In this illustration, the image on the left shows the tray right-side up and the image on the right shows
the tray upside down.
Figure 12. Cable routing, common cables (upper tray with storage-board assembly)
Table 36. Cable routing, common cables (upper tray)
Cable
Fan cage cable
1

Cable routing for drives

Use this section to understand how to route cables for drives and related components.
Cable routing for drive components is different for the lower and upper trays:
• "Drive cable routing (lower tray)" on page 41:
– Common drive cables (lower tray)
– SAS drive cables (lower tray)
– NVMe drive cables (lower tray)
• "Drive cable routing (upper tray)" on page 44:
– Common drive cables (upper tray)
– SAS drive cables (upper tray)
– NVMe drive cables (upper tray)
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Routing
• From: Fan cage connector (underside of fan cage)
• To:
– Lower system board in upper compute tray, "Fan board" power (J56) and signal
(J40) connectors (see "System-board connectors" on page 283)
– Storage-board assembly in upper tray, fan power (J3) and signal (J5) connectors
(see "Storage-board-assembly connectors" on page 284)
Note: Do not route the fan cage cable in the upper tray through any cable guides.