8 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (NVMe)
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with eight 2.5-inch front drive bays.
Note
The AnyBay backplane (BP 1) is used as a pure NVMe backplane.
| Configuration | Storage controller | |
| Qty. | Type | |
| Config. 1 | ||
| Config. 2 | 1 | NVMe retimer |
Configuration 1 – 2:
BP1: 8 x 2.5'' NVMe BP
| Config. | Front BP | System board | Storage controller |
| NVMe retimer | |||
| 1 | BP1:NVMe 0–1 | PCIe 1, PCIe 2 | |
| BP1: NVMe 2–3 | PCIe 3 | ||
| BP1: NVMe 4–5 | PCIe 7 | ||
| BP1: NVMe 6–7 | PCIe 8 | ||
| 2 | BP1:NVMe 0–1 | PCIe 1, PCIe 2 | |
| BP1: NVMe 2–3 | PCIe 3 | ||
| BP 1: NVMe 4–5, NVMe 6–7 | C0, C1 |
Example
Figure 1. Configuration 2
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