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Configuration H cable routing

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

Configuration H cable routing includes the following items:

  1. Drive backplane cable routing

  2. GPU distribution board cable routing

  3. Rear riser 1 and rear riser 2 cable routing

  4. OCP Ethernet adapter cable 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 H

FromTo
Drive backplane1 NVMe 6-7System board1 PCIe connector 7
2 NVMe 4-52 PCIe connector 8
3 SAS3 SATA 1 connector and SATA 2 connector
4 Power connector4 Backplane power 1 connector
5 NVMe 2-35 PCIe connector 9
6 NVMe 0-16 PCIe connector 10

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 H

FromTo
GPU distribution board1 MCIO connector AGPU #3Rear riser 11 MCIO connector A
2 MCIO connector BGPU #42 MCIO connector B
3 MCIO connector CGPU #5System board3 PCIe connector 6
4 MCIO connector DGPU #64 PCIe connector 5
5 Power connector5 PCIe adapter distribution board power 1 connector

Rear riser 1 and rear riser 2 cable routing

Connect the rear riser 1 and rear riser 2 signal cables as illustrated.
Figure 3. Rear riser 1 and rear riser 2 cable routing – Configuration H

FromTo
Rear riser 11 MCIO connector AGPU distribution board1 MCIO connector A
2 MCIO connector B2 MCIO connector B
Rear riser 23 MCIO connector ASystem board3 PCIe connector 12
4 MCIO connector B4 PCIe connector 11

OCP Ethernet adapter cable routing

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

FromTo
System board1 PCIe connector 14System board1 PCIe connector 2
2 PCIe connector 132 PCIe connector 1