6 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA + 4 x 2.5'' AnyBay (Gen 5)
See this section to understand the cable routing of six front SAS/SATA drives and four front AnyBay drives with 10 x 2.5'' backplane (Gen 5) installed.
To connect cables for a 7mm drive backplane, refer to 7mm drive backplane.
To connect cables for M.2 drives, refer to M.2 drive backplane.
To connect cables for rear NVMe drives, refer to Rear NVMe backplane cable routing with 10 x 2.5'' AnyBay backplane (Gen 5) installed.
To connect signal cables for a backplane for standard six front SAS/SATA drives and four front AnyBay drives, refer to the following cable routing scenarios depending on your server configuration:
Cable routing for onboard configuration
The following illustration and table show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and processor board connectors for onboard configuration.
Figure 1. Cable routing for onboard configuration of 6 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA front drives and 4 x 2.5'' AnyBay front drives
| Backplane | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Front BP (SAS) | 1 SAS 0–3 | 1 SATA 0 |
| Front BP (power) | 2 Power and sideband Note | 2 Power port for front BP |
| Front BP (SAS) | 3 SAS 4–7, 8–9 | 3 SATA 1, 2 |
| Front BP (NVMe) | 4 NVMe 6–7 | 4 PCIe 2 |
| 5 NVMe 8–9 | 5 PCIe 1 |
Note
Different from the 10 x 2.5'' Anybay backplane (Gen 4), the new Gen 5 backplane has two connectors, power and sideband, for power connection. The two connectors are placed closely, make sure that the two are connected. Use the illustration above for guidance.
Cable routing with an SFF HBA/RAID adapter
The following tables show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 3 or Gen 4).
Figure 2. Cable routing for six front SAS/SATA drives and four front AnyBay drives bays with a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 4)
| Backplane | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Front BP (SAS) | 1 SAS 0–3, 4–7 | 1 C0 |
| Front BP (power) | 2 Power and sideband | 2 Power port for front BP |
| Front BP (SAS) | 3 SAS 8–9 | 3 C1 |
| Front BP (NVMe) | 4 NVMe 6–7 | 4 PCIe 2 |
| 5 NVMe 8–9 | 5 PCIe 1 |
Figure 3. Cable routing for six front SAS/SATA drives and four front AnyBay drives bays and a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 4) with two rear SAS/SATA drives installed
| Backplane | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Front BP (SAS) | 1 SAS 0–3, 4–7 | 1 C0 |
| Front BP (power) | 2 Power and sideband | 2 Power port for front BP |
| Front and rear BP (SAS) | 3 SAS 8–9, SAS (rear) | 3 C1 |
| Front BP (NVMe) | 4 NVMe 6–7 | 4 PCIe 2 |
| 5 NVMe 8–9 | 5 PCIe 1 |
Figure 4. Cable routing for six front SAS/SATA drives and four front AnyBay drives bays with a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 3)
| Backplane | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Front BP (SAS) | 1 SAS 0–3, 4–7 | 1 C0, C1 |
| Front BP (power) | 2 Power and sideband | 2 Power port for front BP |
| Front BP (SAS) | 3 SAS 8–9 | 3 C2 |
| Front BP (NVMe) | 4 NVMe 6–7 | 4 PCIe 2 |
| 5 NVMe 8–9 | 5 PCIe 1 |
Figure 5. Cable routing for six front SAS/SATA drives and four front AnyBay drives bays and a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 3) with two rear SAS/SATA drives installed
| Backplane | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Front BP (SAS) | 1 SAS 0–3, 4–7 | 1 C0 |
| Front BP (power) | 2 Power and sideband | 2 Power port for front BP |
| Front BP (SAS) | 3 SAS 8–9 | 3 C1 |
| Rear BP (SAS) | 4 SAS (rear) | 4 C2 |
| Front BP (NVMe) | 5 NVMe 6–7 | 5 PCIe 2 |
| 6 NVMe 8–9 | 6 PCIe 1 |
Cable routing with a CFF HBA/RAID adapter
The following tables show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and a CFF HBA/RAID adapter.
Figure 6. Cable routing for six front SAS/SATA and four front AnyBay drives with a 16i CFF HBA/RAID adapter (Gen 4)
| Backplane/adapter | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Front BP (SAS) | 1 SAS 0–3 | 1 C0 |
| 2 SAS 4–7 | 2 C1 | |
| 3 SAS 8–9 | 3 C2 | |
| CFF RAID adapter | 4 MB input | 4 PCIe 3 |
| Front BP (power) | 5 Power and sideband | 5 Power port for front BP |
| Front BP (NVMe) | 6 NVMe 6–7 | 6 PCIe 2 |
| 7 NVMe 8–9 | 7 PCIe 1 |
Figure 7. Cable routing for six front SAS/SATA and four front AnyBay drives with a 16i CFF HBA/RAID adapter (Gen 4) and two rear SAS/SATA drives installed
| Backplane/adapter | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Front BP (SAS) | 1 SAS 0–3 | 1 C0 |
| 2 SAS 4–7 | 2 C1 | |
| 3 SAS 8–9 | 3 C2 | |
| CFF RAID adapter | 4 MB input | 4 PCIe 3 |
| 5 C3 | 5 SAS (rear) | |
| Front BP (power) | 6 Power and sideband | 6 Power port for front BP |
| Front BP (NVMe) | 7 NVMe 6–7 | 7 PCIe 2 |
| 8 NVMe 8–9 | 8 PCIe 1 |
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