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6 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA + 2 x 2.5'' AnyBay + 2 x 2.5'' NVMe (liquid cooling)

See this section to understand the cable routing of six front SAS/SATA drives, two AnyBay drives and two front NVMe drives for the liquid cooling configuration.

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 signal cables for a backplane for standard six front SAS/SATA drives, two AnyBay drives and two front NVMe drives, refer to the following cable routing scenarios depending on your server configuration:

Cable routing for onboard configuration

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

Figure 1. Cable routing for onboard configuration of six SAS/SATA drives and two AnyBay and two NVMe front drives bays

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 12 SATA 1
Front BP (NVMe)3 NVMe 0–13 PCIe 2
4 NVMe 2–34 PCIe 1

Cable routing with an SFF HBA/RAID adapter

The following tables show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and an SFF HBA/RAID adapter.

Figure 2. Cable routing for 6 SAS/SATA drives and 2 AnyBay drives and 2 NVMe front drive bays with an 8i or 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
Front BP (NVMe)2 NVMe 0–12 PCIe 2
3 NVMe 2–33 PCIe 1
Figure 3. Cable routing for 6 SAS/SATA drives and 2 AnyBay drives and 2 NVMe front drive bays with an 8i or 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 3)

Table 3. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and an SFF HBA/RAID adapter
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 0, SAS 11 C0, C1
Front BP (NVMe)2 NVMe 0–12 PCIe 2
3 NVMe 2–33 PCIe 1