Cable From To
3 NVMe signal cable for front
backplane
NVMe 0, NVMe 1, NVMe 2, and
NVMe 3 connectors on front
backplane
NVMe 0–1 and NVMe 2–3 connectors
on the system board
4 SAS signal cable for the rear hot-
swap drive assembly
Signal connector on the rear hot-
swap drive assembly
C0 connector on the 8i RAID adapter
installed in PCIe slot 4
Server model: four 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives, four 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives, the rear hot-swap
drive assembly, one 16i RAID adapter
Note: The cable routing illustration is based on the scenario that the rear hot-swap drive assembly is
installed. Depending on the model, the rear hot-swap drive assembly and the cable
4 might not be available
on your server.
Figure 27. Cable routing for server models with four 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives, four 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives,
the rear hot-swap drive assembly, and one 16i RAID adapter
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