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10 x 2.5'' AnyBay (liquid cooling)

Use this section to understand the cable routing of ten AnyBay front drives for liquid cooling configuration with 10 x 2.5'' AnyBay front backplane (Gen 4 or Gen 5) 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 signal cables for a backplane for standard 10 AnyBay front drives, refer to the following cable routing scenarios depending on your server configuration:

Cable routing for 10 x 2.5'' AnyBay drives with 10 x 2.5'' AnyBay front backplane (Gen 5)​

This section offers cable routing information for 10 x 2.5'' AnyBay drives with the 10 x 2.5'' AnyBay Gen 5 front backplane installed.

Cable routing for onboard configuration (Gen 5 backplane)​

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 AnyBay front drives bays. Connections between connectors: 1 ↔ 1, 2 ↔ 2, 3 ↔ 3, ... n ↔ n.

Figure 1. Cable routing for onboard configuration of 10 AnyBay front drives (Gen 5 backplane)

Table 1. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and processor board for onboard configuration
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 0–31 SATA 0
Front BP (NVMe)2 NVMe 0–12 PCIe 5
Front BP (power)3 Power and sideband3 Power port for front BP
Front BP (SAS)4 SAS 4–7, 8–94 SATA 1, 2
Front BP (NVMe)5 NVMe 2–35 PCIe 6
6 NVMe 4–56 PCIe 3
7 NVMe 6–7, 8–97 PCIe 2, 1

Cable routing with an SFF HBA/RAID adapter (Gen 5 backplane)​

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

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

Table 2. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and a Gen 4 SFF HBA/RAID adapter
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 0–3, 4–71 C0
Front BP (NVMe)2 NVMe 0–12 PCIe 5
Front BP (power)3 Power and sideband3 Power port for front BP
Front BP (SAS)4 SAS 8–94 C1
Front BP (NVMe)5 NVMe 2–35 PCIe 6
6 NVMe 4–56 PCIe 3
7 NVMe 6–7, 8–97 PCIe 2, 1
Figure 3. Cable routing for 10 AnyBay drives with a 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 0–3, 4–71 C0, C1
Front BP (NVMe)2 NVMe 0–12 PCIe 5
Front BP (power)3 Power and sideband3 Power port for front BP
Front BP (SAS)4 SAS 8–94 C2
Front BP (NVMe)5 NVMe 2–35 PCIe 6
6 NVMe 4–56 PCIe 3
7 NVMe 6–7, 8–97 PCIe 2, 1

Cable routing for 10 x 2.5'' AnyBay drives with 10 x 2.5'' AnyBay front backplane (Gen 4)​

This section offers cable routing information for 10 x 2.5'' AnyBay drives with the 10 x 2.5'' AnyBay Gen 4 front backplane installed.

Cable routing for onboard configuration (Gen 4 backplane)​

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

Figure 4. Cable routing for onboard configuration of 10 AnyBay front drives (Gen 4 backplane)

Table 4. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and processor board for onboard configuration
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 01 SATA 0
Front BP (NVMe)2 NVMe 0–12 PCIe 5
3 NVMe 2–33 PCIe 3
4 NVMe 4–54 PCIe 4
Front BP (SAS)5 SAS 1, 25 SATA 1, 2
Front BP (NVMe)6 NVMe 6–76 PCIe 2
7 NVMe 8–97 PCIe 1

Cable routing with an SFF HBA/RAID adapter (Gen 4 backplane)​

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

Figure 5. Cable routing for 10 front AnyBay drives with a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 4)

Table 5. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and a Gen 4 SFF HBA/RAID adapter
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 0, 11 C0
Front BP (NVMe)2 NVMe 0–12 PCIe 5
3 NVMe 2–33 PCIe 3
4 NVMe 4–54 PCIe 4
5 NVMe 6–75 PCIe 2
6 NVMe 8–96 PCIe 1
Front BP (SAS)7 SAS 27 C1
Figure 6. Cable routing for 10 AnyBay drives with a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 3)

Table 6. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and an SFF HBA/RAID adapter
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 0, 11 C0, C1
Front BP (NVMe)2 NVMe 0–12 PCIe 5
3 NVMe 2–33 PCIe 3
4 NVMe 4–54 PCIe 4
5 NVMe 6–75 PCIe 2
6 NVMe 8–96 PCIe 1
Front BP (SAS)7 SAS 27 C2