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Rear NVMe/SAS/SATA drive backplane

Use this section to understand the cable routing of rear NVMe/SAS/SATA backplanes with both one and two processors installed.

Rear 2 x 2.5'' NVMe drive backplane

Figure 1. Rear 2 x 2.5'' NVMe drive backplane cable routing with two processors installed

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1 NVMe 0 connector and NVMe 1 connector on the rear backplane1 PCIe connector 6 on the processor board

Rear 2 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA drive backplane

Figure 2. Rear 2 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA drive backplane cable routing with one processor or two processors installed

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1 SAS connector on the rear backplane1 PCIe connector 9 on the processor board