8 x 2.5'' U.2 drives with 10 x 2.5'' Gen 5 AnyBay backplane (liquid cooling)
Use this section to understand the cable routing for eight U.2 drives for liquid cooling configuration with 10 x 2.5 Gen 5 AnyBay backplane and one processor installed.
To connect cables for a 7mm drive backplane, refer to 7mm drive backplane.
To connect power cables for a backplane for standard 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives, refer to Cable routing for backplane power.
The following illustration and table show the cabling among the front backplane, the processor board and a Gen 5 SFF re-timer adapter.
Figure 1. Cable routing of eight U.2 front drives for both connections onboard and to a Gen 5 SFF re-timer adapter
| Backplane | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Front BP (NVMe) | 1 NVMe 0–1 | 1 PCIe 2 |
| 2 NVMe 2–3 | 2 PCIe 1 | |
| 3 NVMe 4–5 | 3 C1 | |
| Front BP (power) | 4 Power and sideband | 4 Power port for front BP |
| Front BP (NVMe) | 5 NVMe 6–7 | 5 C0 |
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