Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V2 - 8 X Anybay and 8 X Nvme Front Drive Bays; Bays

8 x Anybay and 8 x NVMe front drive bays
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 8 x Anybay and 8 x NVMe front
drive bays.
One 8i/16i RAID/HBA adapter + onboard connectors + one retimer card
From To
Backplane 1: SAS 8i/16i* RAID/HBA adapter on PCIe slot 2:
• Gen 3: C0C1
• Gen 4: C0
Backplane 1: NVMe 0-1, 2-3 Onboard: PCIe 1, PCIe 2
Backplane 1: NVMe 4-5, 6-7
Retimer card on PCIe slot 1: C0, C1
Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1, 2-3
Onboard: PCIe 3, PCIe 4
Backplane 2: NVMe 4-5, 6-7
Onboard: PCIe 5, PCIe 6
Note: *If a 16i RAID adapter is used, SAS cable
1 has an extra dummy connector (not shown in below
illustration) to connect to the other connector of the 16i RAID adapter.
Connections between connectors:
1 ↔ 1 , 2 ↔ 2 , 3 ↔ 3 , ... n ↔ n
Figure 85. SAS/SATA cable routing
Figure 86. NVMe cable routing
8 x SAS/SATA and 8 x Anybay front drive bays
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 8 x SAS/SATA and 8 x Anybay front
drive bays.
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