8 x 2.5'' NVMe drives with two 4 x 2.5'' NVMe backplanes (liquid cooling)
Use this section to understand the cable routing of eight NVMe front drives for liquid cooling (NeptAir module) configuration with two 4 x 2.5'' NVMe backplanes 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 |
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