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M.2 drive backplanes

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

The server supports one of the following M.2 drive backplanes:



1

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

2

M.2 x1 RAID NVMe 2-bay backplane

3

M.2 RAID SATA/NVME 2-bay backplane

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 backplane

1 M.2 power connector on the system board assembly

1 Power connector on the M.2 drive backplane

1 M.2 power connector on the system board assembly

2 Signal connector on the M.2 drive backplane

2Onboard: PCIe 10, 11

2 Signal connector on the M.2 drive backplane

2 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

To

1 Power connector on the M.2 drive backplane

1 M.2 power connector on the system board assembly

2 Signal connector on the M.2 drive backplane

2 M.2 signal connector on the system board assembly

M.2 RAID SATA/NVME 2-bay backplane

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

From

To

1 Connector on the M.2 drive backplane

1
  • M.2 power connector on the system board assembly

  • M.2 signal connector on the system board assembly