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Rear NVMe/SATA drive backplane

Use this section to understand the cable routing of rear NVMe/SATA backplanes.

Rear 2 x 2.5'' NVMe drive backplane​

Figure 1. Rear 2 x 2.5'' NVMe drive backplane cable routing
Rear 2 x 2.5'' NVMe drive backplane cable routing
FromTo
1 Power connector on the rear backplane

  • 1 Left: GPU/7mm/Rear backplane power connector on the system board assembly

  • 1 Right: 7mm/Rear backplane sideband connector on the system board assembly

2 NVMe 0 connector and NVMe 1 connector on the rear backplane2 PCIe connector 1 on the system board assembly

Rear 2 x 2.5'' SATA drive backplane​

Figure 2. Rear 2 x 2.5'' SATA drive backplane cable routing
Rear 2 x 2.5'' SATA drive backplane cable routing for other configurations
FromTo
1 Power connector on the rear backplane

  • 1 Left: GPU/7mm/Rear backplane power connector on the system board assembly

  • 1 Right: 7mm/Rear backplane sideband connector on the system board assembly

2 SAS connector on the rear backplane2 PCIe connector 8 on the system board assembly note
Note
For the configuration of 10 x 2.5'' front SATA drives+ 2 x 2.5 rear SATA drives, it connects to PCIe connector 9 on the system board assembly.