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This PowerEdge R650 configuration uses all 10 storage slots for NVMe drives. The first four NVMe drives connect directly to CPU2, while the remaining six NVMe drives connect directly to CPU1. Two additional rear NVMe drives can also be connected to CPU1 through the J_R1 riser. This configuration supports the maximum NVMe capacity, with two extra NVMe drives, but limits I/O availability as one I/O slot is occupied to enable the last two NVMe drives.