2.5-inch HDD hot-swap backplane
Power / configuration cable
SAS signal cable
Power / configuration cable
Signal cable
2.5-inch NVMe backplane
2.5-inch HDD hot-swap backplane
Power / configuration cable
SAS signal cable
Figure281.Cableconnections
Step8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheNVMeadaptertoanyunpaintedmetal
surfaceontheserver.Then,removetheNVMeadapterfromthepackage.
Step9.RemovethePCIriser-cardassemblies.(see“Removingariser-cardassembly”onpage179).
Step10.InstallNVMeadaptersintheconnectorsonthePCIrisercard(see“Replacinganadapter”on
page189).
Attention:Incompleteinsertionmightcausedamagetotheserverortheadapter.
Step11.ConnectthefoursignalcablestotheconnectorsontheNVMeadapter:
NVMe adapter
Port 1 Port 0
Figure282.NVMeadapterconnectors
Step12.AlignandinstallthePCIriser-cardassembliesintheserver(see“Replacingariser-cardassembly”
onpage181).
Step13.Routethecablesunderneaththecableretention.
•8x2.5-inchHDD+4x2.5-inchNVMePCIeSSD
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