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. Models with U.2 / 2.5” Drive bays
Three of the HQ-Box models can accommodate 2.5”/ U.2 drives. These are the Storage, Storage/2 and Combo models. This
section will discuss issues that are common to all U.2 / 2.5” drive supporting models.
The U.2 interface, a.k.a SFF-86 9, is a standard connector for 2.5” drives which was designed to support PCI Express (NVMe),
SATA and SAS interfaces.
Each of the HQ-Box U.2 Drive bays has 4-lane PCIe .0 (NVMe) and SATA interface. The SATA connectivity is enabled by
connecting a short SATA jumper cable from the motherboard to the designated connector on the extension.
The below table summarizes the Models / extensions containing U.2 Drive bays:
HQ-Box
Model
Extension
PN
Drive
Count
Description Page /
section
Combo EX1E82U 2 / One slot of PCIe .0 8-Lane, two U.2 bays.
rd NVMe disk option is available. Use order code - U2 for the rd disk.
8 / .
Storage EX4U 4 Four U.2 bays. 8 / .4
Storage/2 EX2U 2 Two U.2 bays. 8 / .5
.1. SATA cables
The HQ-Box default U.2 interface is PCI Express. SATA connection should be requested when the HQ-Box is ordered.
To use the SATA interface, the following cables are used:
SATA port Order able
PN
Manufacturer / PN Description
Port 0 605C10020 M 5602-44-0142A-100 Cable, SATA 7p, F-F, Gen , Straight-Straight, 10cm
Port 1,2, 605C100 0 M 5602-44-0142A-200 Cable, SATA 7p, F-F, Gen , Straight-Straight, 20cm
Location of SATA connectors on the HQ-Box motherboard is specified in the image below.
Note: Any of the motherboard SATA connectors can be used. It should be decided by ease of connection.
SATA # Connector
0 P 6
1 P 7
2 P 8
P 9
4 P40
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