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This R760 configuration supports 24 SAS/SATA drives with eight universal slots that can accommodate NVMe drives. With the 24 SAS/SATA drives connected to CPU2, a SAS expander through the PERC12 is needed. With the 24 SAS/SATA drives connected to CPU1, a SAS expander through the PERC11 is needed. The same rule applies for the 16 SAS/SATA drives, while the eight NVMe drives will connect directly to CPU1 and CPU2, as shown in the figure.