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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
Configuring NVMe
1. Connect cable(s) as needed from the motherboard to the backplane as shown in the
diagram above. One OCuLink cable is required for each pair of NVMe drives.
2. BIOS setup:
a. Setup IIO bifurcation: Set IIO2 to “x8x4x4” or “x4x4x4x4” (depending on the number
of NVMe drives—see the previous page).
Advanced > Chipset Config > North Bridge > IIO Config > CPU1
or
CPU2 Config
Figure 3-12. NVMe Cabling Diagram