Table 16. Cable routing, common drive cables (upper tray) (continued)
Cable
Routing
3  Drive power
•  From:  
–  Lower compute system board in upper compute tray, “POWER” connector (see 
“System-board connectors” on page 103)
–  Storage-board assembly in upper tray, hard disk drive power (J2) connector (see 
“Storage-board-assembly connectors” on page 103)
•  To: Storage interposer, “POWER” connector (see “Storage interposer connectors” on 
page 107) 
4  Drive signal
•  From:  
–  Lower compute system board in upper compute tray, “Signal” connector (see 
“System-board connectors” on page 103)
–  Storage-board assembly in upper tray, hard disk drive signal (J13) connector (see 
“Storage-board-assembly connectors” on page 103)
•  To: Storage interposer, “SIDEBAND” connector (see “Storage interposer connectors” 
on page 107)
SAS drive cables (upper tray)
Common drive cables are used by only SAS drives.
Note: In this illustration, the image on the left shows the tray right-side up and the image on the right shows 
the tray upside down.
Figure 18. Cable routing, SAS drive cables (upper tray with compute system board)
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