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Figure 201 Hybrid 16SFF SAS/SATA and 8SFF NVMe drive cabling (standard and Mezzanine
storage controllers)
(1) and (4) Power cords
(2) and (3) AUX signal cables
(5) NVMe data cables
(6) and (7) SAS/SATA data cables
Front 8SFF NVMe drive cabling
To install 8SFF NVMe drives, you must install two 4-port NVMe SSD expander modules in PCIe slots
2 and 5 or an 8-port NVMe SSD expander module in PCIe slot 2.
When connecting NVMe data cables, make sure you connect the corresponding peer ports with the
correct NVMe data cable. For 8-port and 4-port NVMe SSD expander modules, use
, respectively, to determine the ports to be connected and the cable to use.
Use
to determine the front drive cabling method depending on the type of NVMe SSD
expander module.
Table 21 8SFF NVMe drive cabling methods
NVMe SSD expander module
Cabling method
Two 4-port NVMe SSD expander modules
See
.
One 8-port NVMe SSD expander module
See
.
