24 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (8SAS/SATA+16NVMe)

This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 24 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (8SAS/SATA+16NVMe).

Configuration 1 – 4:​

BP 1 + BP 2 + BP 3: 8 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA backplane + 2 x 8 x 2.5'' NVMe BP

Config.	Front BP	System board	Storage controller
			NVMe switch/ retimer	SFF 8i RAID/HBA	SFF 16i RAID/HBA
1/2	BP 1: SAS			Gen 4: C 0 Gen3: C 0, C 1
	BP 2: NVMe 0–1	PCIe 1, PCIe 2
	BP 2: NVMe 2–3	PCIe 3
	BP 2: NVMe 4–5, NVMe 6–7		C 0, C 1
	BP3: NVMe 0–1	PCIe 4, PCIe 5
	BP3: NVMe 2–3	PCIe 6
	BP3: NVMe 4–5	PCIe 7
	BP3: NVMe 6–7	PCIe 8
3/4	BP 1: SAS				Gen 4: C 0 Gen3: C 0, C 1
	BP 2: NVMe 0–1	PCIe 1, PCIe 2
	BP 2: NVMe 2–3	PCIe 3
	BP 2: NVMe 4–5, NVMe 6–7		C 0, C 1
	BP3: NVMe 0–1	PCIe 4, PCIe 5
	BP3: NVMe 2–3	PCIe 6
	BP3: NVMe 4–5	PCIe 7
	BP3: NVMe 6–7	PCIe 8

Example

Figure 1. Configuration 3