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Front + middle backplanes: three 8 x AnyBay + two 4 x 2.5 NVMe

This section provides cable routing information for configuration (three 8 x 2.5-inch AnyBay front drive backplanes and two 4 x 2.5-inch NVMe middle drive backplanes) with one retimer card and two switch cards.

One retimer card and two switch cards​

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

Figure 1. Signal cable routing part 1

Figure 2. Signal cable routing part 2

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1 BP 1: NVMe 0-1, 2-31 Onboard: PCIe 1, 21 BP 3: NVMe 0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-71 Switch card: C0, C1, C2, C3 (slot 4)
2 BP 1: NVMe 4-5, 6-72 Onboard: PCIe 3, 42 BP 5: NVMe 0-1, 2-32 Switch card: C0C1 (slot 5)
3 BP 2: NVMe 0-1, 2-32 Onboard: PCIe 7, 83 BP 6: NVMe 0-1, 2-33 Switch card: C2C3 (slot 5)
4 BP 2: NVMe 4-5, 6-74 Retimer card: C0C1