Front backplanes: 24 x NVMe

This section provides cable routing information for the server model with three 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe front drive backplanes (Gen 4).

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

Onboard PCIe connectors + Retimer

Figure 1. NVMe cable routing to onboard connectors and retimer

From	To
1 Backplane 1: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 10
2 Backplane 1: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 9
3 Backplane 1: NVMe 4-5	Onboard: PCIe 8
4 Backplane 1: NVMe 6-7	Onboard: PCIe 7
5 Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1, 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 6, 5
6 Backplane 2: NVMe 4-5, 6-7	Onboard: PCIe 3, 4
7 Backplane 3: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 2
8 Backplane 3: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 1
9 Backplane 3: NVMe 4-5, 6-7	Retimer: C0, C1