8 x 2.5'' NVMe drives with two 4 x 2.5'' NVMe backplanes

Use this section to understand the cable routing for eight NVMe drives with two 4 x 2.5'' NVMe backplanes and two processors installed.

Figure 1. Cable routing for onboard configuration of 8 x 2.5-inch front NVMe drives

Backplane	From backplane	Cable silkscreen	To
4 x 2.5'' NVMe backplane 1	1 NVMe 0–1	1 NVMe 0–1	1 PCIe 6
	2 Power	2 Power	2 Power connector 2_A
	3 NVMe 2–3	3 NVMe 2–3	3 PCIe 5
4 x 2.5'' NVMe backplane 2	4 NVMe 0–1	4 NVMe 4–5	4 PCIe 4
	5 Power	5 Power	5 Power connector 3_A
	6 NVMe 2–3	6 NVMe 6–7	6 PCIe 3