Server model with ten 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives
Use this section to understand the connectors on the backplane and the internal cable routing for server
model with ten 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives.
Figure 45. Connectors on the backplane for ten 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives
1 NVMe 0–1 connector 2 NVMe 2–3 connector 3 NVMe 4–5 connector 4 NVMe 6–7 connector
5 NVMe 8–9 connector
6 SAS/SATA 0–3 7 SAS/SATA 4–7 8 SAS/SATA 8–9
9 Power connector
For power cable connection, see “Power/Sideband cable routing” on page 28.
Refer to the following cable routing for different configurations:
Note: When the SAS/SATA/NVMe backplanes are connected to PCIe connectors on the system board, only
SATA/NVMe drives are supported. No SAS drives are supported.
• “Ten 2.5-inch SATA/NVMe drives” on page 54
• “Ten 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives and one 16i RAID adapter” on page 56
• “Ten 2.5-inch SATA/NVMe drives and rear SAS/SATA drive assembly” on page 56
• “Ten 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives, rear SAS/SATA drive assembly and one 16i RAID adapter” on
page 58
• “Ten 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives, rear NVMe drive assembly and one 16i RAID adapter” on page 59
• “Ten 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives, rear SAS/SATA drive assembly, middle NVMe drive assembly and
one 16i RAID adapter” on page 60
• “Ten 2.5-inch NVMe drives, rear NVMe drive assembly and middle NVMe drive assembly” on page 62
• “Ten 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives, rear NVMe drive assembly, middle NVMe drive assembly and one
16i RAID adapter” on page 63
• “Ten 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives, middle NVMe drive assembly and one 16i RAID adapter” on page
65
Ten 2.5-inch SATA/NVMe drives
Note: When the SAS/SATA backplanes are connected to PCIe connectors on the system board, only SATA
drives are supported. No SAS drives are supported.
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