16 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (NVMe)
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 16 x 2.5-inch NVMe front drive bays.
Note
The two AnyBay backplanes are used as two pure NVMe backplanes.
| Configuration | Storage controller | |
| Qty. | Type | |
| Config. 1 | 1 | NVMe switch |
| Config. 2 | 1 | NVMe retimer |
Configuration 1 – 2:
BP 1 + BP 2: 2 x 8 x 2.5'' NVMe
| Config. | Front BP | System board | Storage controller |
| NVMe switch/retimer | |||
| 1/2 | BP 1: NVMe 0–1 | PCIe 1, PCIe 2 | |
| BP 1: NVMe 2–3 | PCIe 3 | ||
| BP 1: NVMe 4–5, NVMe 6–7 | C 0, C1 | ||
| BP 2: NVMe 0–1 | PCIe 4, PCIe 5 | ||
| BP 2: NVMe 2–3 | PCIe 6 | ||
| BP 2: NVMe 4–5 | PCIe 7 | ||
| BP 2: NVMe 6–7 | PCIe 8 |
Example
Figure 1. Configuration 1
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