TD340 3.5" to 2.5" drive adapter for SSD

I'm looking for a proper 3.5" to 2.5" drive adapter in order to install a couple 2.5" SSDs into my TD340 server with 8x3.5" bays. I just spent a solid 30+ min. on the phone with Lenovo, got transferred literally 8 times to other departments (some twice) and got absolutely nowhere.
I simply need an appropriate drive adapter that will orient the SSD so it will align properly with the backplane once I install the drive into the adapter and then into the drive tray.
Can anyone please please please answer this seemingly simple question and point me to an adapter.
Thanks,
Kevin
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Thank you for replying again Nivek but that answer is not valid at least for me, no offense.
I would have been happy to buy engineered/designed Lenovo supported hardware to fulfill my needs but instead I had to track it down elsewhere. I'm know for a fact I'm not the only person with this need based on my research for this solution. As there are probably tens of thousands of servers sold with 3.5" backplanes is it not expected by Lenovo that some of those customers at some point might want to use drives such as SSD's as capacities increase in the future? So what are they supposed to do, swap out those 3.5" backplanes for 2.5" ones and then have to replace all of their drives as well? I think not.
I just think Lenovo is just missing an opportunity to further help it's customers is all. Again, no offense to you but your answer is not a valid solution.
Thanks,
Kevin

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