What Oculink PCIe Gen4 cables to use for ASRock Rack ROMED8-2T & U.2 PCIe Gen4 x4 drives?

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j.battermann

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I got an ASRock Rack ROMED8-2T motherboard and I might want to connect just to extra Intel U.2 5520 drives to it and since I haven't used the Oculink connectors the board has, I was thinking the easiest way might just be to use those. Does anyone have a recommendation for a specific cable to use other than it being short as possible? Was contemplating getting two of those: PCIe Gen 4 16 GT/s OCulink (SFF-8611) to U.2 (SFF-8639) Cable but if anyone has actually used these ports on that particular board with U.2 drives and can recommend a cable, I'd appreciate a recommendation!

Thanks!