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 19. Cable routing, SAS drive cables (upper tray with storage-board assembly)
Table 41.  Cable routing, SAS drive cables (upper tray)
Cable
Routing
1  PCIe SAS interface
•  From:  
–  Lower system board in upper compute tray, “PCIe/NVMe” connector (see 
“System-board connectors” on page 283)
–  Storage-board assembly in upper tray, “PCIe” connector (see “Storage-board- 
assembly connectors” on page 284)
•  To: Storage interposer, “PCIe” connector (see “Storage interposer connectors” on 
page 289)
2  RAID interface for drive 
backplane 4
•  From: RAID card, “C3” connector (see “RAID card connectors” on page 290)
•  To: Drive backplane, connector “SAS” (see “Drive backplane connectors” on page 
291)
3  RAID interface for drive 
backplane 5
•  From: RAID card, “C2” connector (see “RAID card connectors” on page 290)
•  To: Drive backplane, connector “SAS” (see “Drive backplane connectors” on page 
291)
4  RAID interface for drive 
backplane 6
•  From: RAID card, “C1” connector (see “RAID card connectors” on page 290)
•  To: Drive backplane, connector “SAS” (see “Drive backplane connectors” on page 
291)
NVMe drive cables (upper tray)
Common drive cables are used by only NVMe drives.
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