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Drive backplane connectors

See this section to locate the connectors in the drive backplanes.

Four types of drive backplanes are supported in this server:

4-DW GPU Model supports:

  • 8x2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane

  • 4x3.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane

8-DW GPU Model supports:

  • 6x EDSFF NVMe backplane

SXM GPU Model supports:

  • 4x2.5-inch NVMe backplane

8x2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the drive backplane.

Figure 1. 8x2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane connectors
  • 1 NVMe 6-7
  • 2 NVMe 4-5
  • 3 SAS / SATA
  • 4 Power connector
  • 5 NVMe 2-3
  • 6 NVMe 0-1


4x3.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the drive backplane.

Figure 2. 4x3.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane
  • 1 NVMe 2-3
  • 2 Power connector
  • 3 NVMe 0-1
  • 4 SAS / SATA


6x EDSFF NVMe backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the drive backplane.

Figure 3. 6x EDSFF NVMe backplane
  • 1 EDSFF 0-1
  • 2 Power connector
  • 3 EDSFF 2-3
  • 4 EDSFF 4-5


4x2.5-inch NVMe backplane​

See this section to locate the connectors on the drive backplane.

Figure 4. 4x2.5-inch NVMe backplane
  • 1 NVMe 2-3
  • 2 NVMe 0-1
  • 3 Power connector