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Configuration I cable routing

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

Configuration I cable routing includes the following items:​

  1. Drive backplane cable routing

  2. GPU distribution board cable routing

  3. Front I/O expansion board 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 I

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 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 I

FromTo
GPU distribution board1 MCIO connector AGPU #3Front I/O expansion board1 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

Front I/O expansion board cable routing​

Connect the front I/O expansion board signal cables and power cable as illustrated.
Figure 3. Front I/O expansion board cable routing – Configuration I

FromTo
Front I/O expansion board1 MCIO connector ASlot #1GPU distribution board1 MCIO connector A
2 MCIO connector B2 MCIO connector B
3 MCIO connector CSlot #2System board3 PCIe connector 12
4 MCIO connector D4 PCIe connector 11
5 Power connector5 Front I/O expansion board power connector

OCP Ethernet adapter cable routing​

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

FromTo
System board1 PCIe connector 13System board1 PCIe connector 15
2 PCIe connector 142 PCIe connector 15