12 x NVMe

This topic provides cable routing information for the configuration with 12 x NVMe front drives using two 8 x NVMe front backplanes (Gen 5).

Connections between connectors: 1 ↔ 1, 2 ↔ 2, 3 ↔ 3, ... n ↔ n

Figure 1. Cable routing when two Platinum series processors installed with x16/x16 riser card (only slot 7)		Figure 2. Cable routing in other scenarios
From	To	From	To
1 Backplane 1: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 10	1 Backplane 1: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 8
2 Backplane 1: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 9	2 Backplane 1: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 7
3 Backplane 1: NVMe 4-5	Onboard: PCIe 6	3 Backplane 1: NVMe 4-5	Onboard: PCIe 6
4 Backplane 1: NVMe 6-7	Onboard: PCIe 5	4 Backplane 1: NVMe 6-7	Onboard: PCIe 5
5 Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 7	5 Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1, 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 3, 4
6 Backplane 2: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 3