27" iMac - "bay name"

[mcalict]

Since the 27-inch iMacs can have both an SSD via proprietary connector, and a SATA drive, is there a way to know which drive 'bay' the SSD occupies? Or is that even how it works?

For example, I'm looking at a 2013 where it says "Bay Name" = SSD.

And if the original SATA drive had failed and there was only an SSD in that same bay (not via the proprietary connector), would it list a different Bay Name?

 

[DeltaMac]

The 2013 27-inch iMac has two slots/bays. SATA (standard 2.5" SATA, which could be a spinner or an SSD, again standard 2.5 SATA). The other slot is SSD-only, and takes a m.2-type card/PCIe device. The device that plugs in to that slot is a completely different device, just a card. Yes, Apple uses a proprietary card connector for that, but adapters to convert to a PCIe slot, so you can use a "normal" NVME SSD card as a simple solution