Six 2.5-inch-drive model (with NVMe)

Six 2.5-inch-drive model (with NVMe)

Note

If you are installing NVMe drives and KVM breakout module in the same compute node, make sure to route the KVM breakout module cable on top of the PCIe signal cable.

Figure 1. NVMe and KVM breakout module cable routing

Table 1. NVMe and KVM breakout module cable routing

1 KVM breakout module cable (routed to left side)

2 NVMe signal cables

• Six 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane

  Figure 2. Six 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane
  
  

  Table 2. Components on the six 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane

  1 Ambient sensor cable	3 Backplane power cable
  2 miscellaneous signal cable

• Six 2.5-inch drive cable routing (with NVMe)

  Figure 3. Six 2.5-inch drive cable routing (with NVMe)
  
  

  Table 3. Components on the six 2.5-inch drive cable routing (with NVMe)

  1 NVMe cable	4 7 SAS/SATA cable
  2 PCIe slot 3 connector	5 SATA 1 connector
  3 8 Internal cable management basket	6 SATA 2 connector

• Six 2.5-inch drive (with NVMe) with hardware RAID cable routing

  Figure 4. Six 2.5-inch drive (with NVMe) with hardware RAID cable routing
  
  

  Note

  Route the 1 SAS/SATA cable as shown in the illustration to avoid cable slack.

  Table 4. Components on six 2.5-inch drive with hardware RAID cable routing

  1 6 SAS/SATA cable	4 7 Internal cable management basket
  2 NVMe cable	5 RAID adapter
  3 PCIe slot 3 connector