Internal cable routing and connectors

This section provides information about routing the cables when you install some components in the Lenovo NeXtScale nx360 M5 compute node.

The following notes describe additional information you must consider when you install or remove the cables:

• To remove the cables, slightly press the cables toward the planar tray; then, pull to remove the cables from the connectors on the system board. Pulling the cable out of the connector by excessive force might cause damage to the cable or connector.
• To connect the cables on the system board, press evenly on the cables. Pressing on one side of the cable might cause damage to the cable or connector.
• Make sure that the cables are not pinched and do not cover any connector or obstruct any component on the system board.
• Make sure that all cables above the power paddle card not crossing each other.

For more information about the requirements for cables and connecting devices, see the documentation that comes with these devices.

• Cabling hard disk drive with planar cable
  The internal routing and connectors for the hard disk drive with planar cable.
• Cabling hard disk drive with ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller
  The internal routing and connectors for the hard disk drive with ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller.
• Cabling hard disk drive backplane with 2U GPU tray
  The internal routing and connectors for the hard disk drive backplane cable with 2U GPU tray.
• Cabling front PCI riser assembly of 2U GPU tray with SAS hard disk drive cable
  The internal routing and connectors for the front PCI riser assembly of 2U GPU tray with SAS hard disk drive cable.
• Cabling GPU adapters of the front/rear PCI assembly of 2U GPU tray with GPU card power cable
  The internal routing and connectors for the GPU adapters of the front/rear PCI assembly of 2U GPU tray with GPU card power cable.
• Cabling front riser power with 2U GPU tray
  The internal routing and connectors for the front riser power cable with 2U GPU tray.
• Cabling front riser power and control with 2U GPU tray
  The internal routing and connectors for the front riser power and control cable with 2U GPU tray.
• Cabling rear riser power and control with 2U GPU tray
  The internal routing and connectors for the rear riser power and control cable with 2U GPU tray.
• Cabling PCIE bridge with 2U GPU tray
  The internal routing and connectors for the PCIE bridge cable with 2U GPU tray.
• Cabling K80 GPU card power with 2U GPU tray
  The internal routing and connectors for the K80 GPU card power cable with 2U GPU tray.