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10 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA

See this section to understand the cable routing of 10 front SAS/SATA drives with the 6 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA + 4 x 2.5'' AnyBay backplane installed.

To connect cables for a 7mm drive backplane, refer to 7mm drive backplane.

To connect power cables for a backplane for standard 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives, refer to Cable routing for backplane power.

To connect cables for M.2 drives, refer to M.2 drive backplane.

To connect signal cables for a backplane for standard 10 front SAS/SATA drives, refer to the following cable routing scenarios depending on your server configuration:

Cable routing for onboard configuration​

The following illustrations and tables show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and processor board connectors for onboard configuration.

The following figure illustrates the cable routing for the configuration of 10 front SAS/SATA drives bays. Connections between connectors: 1 ↔ 1, 2 ↔ 2, 3 ↔ 3, ... n ↔ n.

Figure 1. Cable routing for onboard configuration of 10 x 2.5 SAS/SATA front drives

Table 1. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and processor board for onboard configuration
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 01 SATA 0
2 SAS 1, SAS 22 SATA 1, SATA 2

Cable routing with an SFF HBA/RAID adapter​

The following tables show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and a 16i SFF HBA/RAID adapter (Gen 3 or Gen 4).

Figure 2. Cable routing for 10 front SAS/SATA drives bays with a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 4)

Table 2. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and an SFF HBA/RAID adapter
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 0, SAS 11 C0
2 SAS 22 C1
Figure 3. Cable routing for 10 front SAS/SATA drives bays and a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 4) with 2 x 2.5 rear SAS/SATA drives installed

Table 3. Mapping between one front AnyBay and one rear SAS/SATA backplanes and an SFF HBA/RAID adapter
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 0, SAS 11 C0
Rear BP (SAS)2 SAS 2 (front), SAS (rear)2 C1
Figure 4. Cable routing for 10 front SAS/SATA drives bays with a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 3)

Table 4. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and an SFF HBA/RAID adapter
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 0, SAS 11 C0, C1
2 SAS 22 C2
Figure 5. Cable routing for 10 front SAS/SATA drives bays and a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 3) with 2 x 2.5 rear SAS/SATA drives installed

Table 5. Mapping between one front AnyBay and one rear SAS/SATA backplanes and an SFF HBA/RAID adapter
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 0, SAS 11 C0, C1
2 SAS 22 C2
Rear BP (SAS)3 SAS3 C3

Cable routing with a CFF RAID adapter​

The following tables show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and a 16i CFF RAID adapter (Gen 3 or Gen 4).

Figure 6. Cable routing for 10 front SAS/SATA drives bays with a 16i CFF RAID adapter (Gen 3 or Gen 4)

Table 6. Mapping between one front SAS/SATA backplane and a CFF RAID adapter
Backplane/adapterFromTo
Front backplane1 SAS 01 C0
2 SAS 12 C1
3 SAS 23 C2
CFF RAID adapter4 MB input4 PCIe 3
Figure 7. Cable routing for 10 front SAS/SATA drives bays and a 16i CFF RAID adapter (Gen 3 or Gen 4) with 2 x 2.5 rear SAS/SATA drives installed

Table 7. Mapping between one front AnyBay and one rear SAS/SATA backplane and a CFF RAID adapter
Backplane/adapterFromTo
Front backplane1 SAS 01 C0
2 SAS 12 C1
3 SAS 23 C2
CFF RAID adapter4 MB input4 PCIe 3
5 C35 SAS (rear)