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M.2 drive backplanes

This section provides cable routing information for the M.2 drive backplanes.

M.2 x4 non-RAID SATA/NVMe 2-bay backplane​

Figure 1. SATA/NVMe cable routing

Figure 2. RAID cable routing

FromToFromTo
1 Power connector on the M.2 drive backplane1 M.2 power connector on the system board assembly1 Power connector on the M.2 drive backplane1 M.2 power connector on the system board assembly
2 Signal connector on the M.2 drive backplane2 Onboard: PCIe 10, 112 Signal connector on the M.2 drive backplane2 8i adapter: C0

M.2 x1 RAID NVMe 2-bay backplane​

Figure 3. Cable routing for the M.2 x1 RAID NVMe 2-bay backplane

From (M.2 drive backplane)To (Processor board)
1 Power connector1 M.2 power connector
2 Signal connector2 M.2 signal connector

M.2 RAID SATA/NVME 2-bay backplane​

Figure 4. Cable routing for the M.2 RAID SATA/NVME 2-bay backplane

From (M.2 drive backplane)To (Processor board)
1 Power and signal connector1

  • M.2 power connector

  • M.2 signal connector