8-9
Figure 8-13 8SFF NVMe drive cabling (one 8-port NVMe SSD expander module)
(1) AUX signal cable
(2) Power cord
(3) NVMe data cables
Figure 8-14 8SFF NVMe drive cabling (two 4-port NVMe SSD expander modules)
(1) AUX signal cable
(2) Power cord
(3) NVMe data cables
Table 8-8 NVMe data cable and the peer ports on the drive backplane and 4-port NVMe SSD
expander modules
Mark on the NVMe
data cable end
Port on the drive
backplane
Port on the 4-port NVMe SSD expander
modules
NVMe 1
NVMe A1
NVMe 1 (NVMe SSD expander module in PCIe slot 1)
NVMe 2
NVMe A2
NVMe 2 (NVMe SSD expander module in PCIe slot 1)
NVMe 3
NVMe A3
NVMe 3 (NVMe SSD expander module in PCIe slot 1)
NVMe 4
NVMe A4
NVMe 4 (NVMe SSD expander module in PCIe slot 1)
NVMe 1
NVMe B1
NVMe 1 (NVMe SSD expander module in PCIe slot 2)
NVMe 2
NVMe B2
NVMe 2 (NVMe SSD expander module in PCIe slot 2)
NVMe 3
NVMe B3
NVMe 3 (NVMe SSD expander module in PCIe slot 2)
NVMe 4
NVMe B4
NVMe 4 (NVMe SSD expander module in PCIe slot 2)