Cable routing for PCIe riser assemblies and hot-swap drives
See this topic to learn how to do cable routing for the PCIe riser assemblies and hot-swap drives.
Attention
For 300mm chassis, make sure to complete adapter cable routing before proceeding to riser cable routing (see Cable routing for PCIe adapter power).
Choose the routing plan from the following table according to the planned configuration.
| Configuration | Riser 1 | Riser 2 | ||
| x16/x8 + x8x/16 | Slot 5 | x16 PCIe adapter | Slot 3 | x8 PCIe adapter |
| Slot 6 | x8 PCIe adapter | Slot 4 | x16 PCIe adapter | |
| x16/x16 + x16/x16 | Slot 5 | x16 PCIe adapter | Slot 3 | x16 PCIe adapter |
| Slot 6 | x16 PCIe adapter | Slot 4 | x16 PCIe adapter | |
| x16/x16 + x8/x16 | Slot 5 | x16 PCIe adapter | Slot 3 | x8 PCIe adapter |
| Slot 6 | x16 PCIe adapter | Slot 4 | x16 PCIe adapter | |
| x16/x16 + GPU | Slot 5 | x16 PCIe adapter | Slot 4 | Double Width GPU adapter |
| Slot 6 | x16 PCIe adapter | |||
| DW GPU + DW GPU | Slot 5 | Double Width GPU adapter | Slot 4 | Double Width GPU adapter |
| x16 + AnyBay | Slot 5 | x16 PCIe adapter | Slot 3 | AnyBay drive cage |
| Slot 6 | NA | Slot 4 | ||
| x16/x16 + AnyBay | Slot 5 | x16 PCIe adapter | Slot 3 | AnyBay drive cage |
| Slot 6 | x16 PCIe adapter | Slot 4 | ||
x16/x8 + x8x/16
| Riser 1 (x16/x8) | ||
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| From (riser) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Riser-card connector 2 (Vertical) | PCIe connector 3 |
| Riser 2 (x8/x16) | ||
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| From (riser) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Riser-card connector 0 (Vertical) | PCIe connector 2 |
x16/x16 + x16/x16
| Riser 1 (x16/x16) | ||
 | ||
| From (riser) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Riser-card connector 2 (Vertical) | PCIe connector 5 |
| 2 | Riser-card connector 3 (Right angle) | PCIe connector 4 |
| Riser 2 (x16/x16) | ||
 | ||
| From (riser) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Riser-card connector 0 (Vertical) | PCIe connector 2 |
| 2 | Riser-card connector 1 (Right angle) | PCIe connector 3 |
x16/x16 + x8/x16
| Riser 1 (x16/x16) | ||
| ||
| From (riser) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Riser-card connector 2 (Vertical) | PCIe connector 5 |
| 2 | Riser-card connector 3 (Right angle) | PCIe connector 4 |
| Riser 2 (x8/x16) | ||
| ||
| From (riser) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Riser-card connector 0 (Vertical) | PCIe connector 2 |
x16/x16 + GPU
| Riser 1 (x16/x16) | ||
| ||
| From (riser) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Riser-card connector 2 (Vertical) | PCIe connector 5 |
| 2 | Riser-card connector 3 (Right angle) | PCIe connector 4 |
| Riser 2 (GPU) | ||
| No cable is required here. | ||
DW GPU + DW GPU
| DW GPU + DW GPU | ||
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| From (riser) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | GPU in Slot 5, Riser 1 | GPU power connector 2 |
| 2 | GPU in Slot 4, Riser 2 | GPU power connector 1 |
x16 + AnyBay
Without hardware RAID adapter (SATA/NVMe)
| Riser 1 (x16) | ||
| No cable is required here. | ||
| Riser 2 (AnyBay SATA) | ||
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Note Install | ||
| From (drive backplane) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Drive backplane SAS/SATA connector | SATA connector (4 to 7) |
| 2 | Drive backplane power connector | Drive power connector 1 |
| 3 | Drive backplane PCIe connector | PCIe connector 2 |
With hardware RAID adapter (SAS)
| Riser 1 (x16) | ||
| No cable is required here. | ||
| Riser 2 (AnyBay SAS) | ||
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| From (drive backplane) | To | |
| 1 | SAS connector | C1 connector on RAID adapter (PCIe Slot 6) |
| 2 | Drive backplane power connector | Drive power connector 1 |
x16/x16 + AnyBay
Without hardware RAID adapter (SATA/NVMe)
| Riser 1 (x16/x16) | ||
| ||
| From (riser) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Riser-card connector 2 (Vertical) | PCIe connector 5 |
| 2 | Riser-card connector 3 (Right angle) | PCIe connector 4 |
| Riser 2 (AnyBay SATA) | ||
| ||
Note Install | ||
| From (drive backplane) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Drive backplane SAS/SATA connector | SATA connector (4 to 7) |
| 2 | Drive backplane power connector | Drive power connector 1 |
| 3 | Drive backplane PCIe connector | PCIe connector 2 |
With hardware RAID adapter (SAS)
| Riser 1 (x16/x16) | ||
| ||
| From (riser) | To (on-board) | |
| 1 | Riser-card connector 2 (Vertical) | PCIe connector 5 |
| 2 | Riser-card connector 3 (Right angle) | PCIe connector 4 |
| Riser 2 (AnyBay SAS) | ||
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| From (drive backplane) | To | |
| 1 | SAS connector | C1 connector on RAID adapter (PCIe Slot 6) |
| 2 | Drive backplane power connector | Drive power connector 1 |
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