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Configuration A cable routing

Follow the instructions in this section to learn how to do cable routing for Configuration A.

Configuration A cable routing includes the following items:​

  1. Drive backplane cable routing

  2. GPU distribution board cable routing

  3. Rear riser 1 cable routing

  4. OCP Ethernet adapter routing

Cabling for these components are illustrated below.

Drive backplane cable routing​

Connect the drive backplane signal cables and power cable as illustrated.

Figure 1. Drive backplane cable routing – Configuration A

FromTo
Drive backplane1 NVMe 6-7System board1 PCIe connector 11
2 NVMe 4-52 PCIe connector 12
3 SAS3 SATA 1 connector and SATA 2 connector
4 Power connector4 Backplane power 1 connector
5 NVMe 2-35 PCIe connector 16
6 NVMe 0-16 PCIe connector 16

GPU distribution board cable routing​

Connect the GPU distribution board signal cables and power cable as illustrated.
Figure 2. GPU distribution board cable routing – Configuration A

FromTo
GPU distribution board1 MCIO connector AGPU #3System board1 PCIe connector 4
2 MCIO connector B2 PCIe connector 3
3 MCIO connector CGPU #43 PCIe connector 6
4 MCIO connector D4 PCIe connector 5
5 MCIO connector EGPU #55 PCIe connector 8
6 MCIO connector F6 PCIe connector 7
7 MCIO connector GGPU #67 PCIe connector 10
8 MCIO connector H8 PCIe connector 9
9 Power connector9 PCIe adapter distribution board power 1 connector

Rear riser 1 cable routing​

Connect the rear riser 1 signal cable as illustrated.
Figure 3. Rear riser 1 cable routing – Configuration A

FromTo
Rear riser 11 MCIO connector ASystem board1 PCIe connector 2

OCP Ethernet adapter cable routing​

Connect the OCP Ethernet adapter signal cable as illustrated.
Figure 4. OCP Ethernet adapter cable routing – Configuration A

FromTo
System board1 PCIe connector 14System board1 PCIe connector 1