15
Bandwidth :
PCIe switch board A: PCIe Gen3 ×32, 256 Gbps
PCIe switch board B: PCIe Gen3 ×32, 256 Gbps
U.2 NVMe SSD :
Server 1 can access U.2 NVMe SSDs from slot 7 through slot 12 (primary x2 port)
Server 2 can access U.2 NVMe SSDs from slot 1 through slot 6 (primary x2 port)
Server 3 can access U.2 NVMe SSDs from slot 19 through slot 24 (primary x2 port)
Server 4 can access U.2 NVMe SSDs from slot 13 through slot 18 (primary x2 port)
Server 5 can access U.2 NVMe SSDs from slot 13 through slot 18 (secondary x2 port)
Server 6 can access U.2 NVMe SSDs from slot 19 through slot 24 (secondary x2 port)
Server 7 can access U.2 NVMe SSDs from slot 1 through slot 6 (secondary x2 port)
Server 8 can access U.2 NVMe SSDs from slot 7 through slot 12 (secondary x2 port)
3. Mode 3
Mode 3 is for connecting to up to eight servers with each server having access to six U.2
NVMe SSDs within the NS388P storage.
Host Card 1
Server 1
Host Card 2
Server 2
Host Card 8
Server 8
Host Card 7
Server 7
Host Card 5
Server 5
Host Card 6
Server 6
Host Card 4
Server 4
Host Card 3
Server 3
Con
2
Con
1
Con
4
Con
3
Con
3
Con
4
Con
1
Con
2
Requirement :
8 x servers, 8 x host cards, 16 x cables