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10 x 2.5'' AnyBay backplane

Use this section to understand the AnyBay backplane cable routing for server model with ten 2.5-inch front drives.

To connect signal cables for a backplane for standard 10 x 2.5-inch front drives, refer to the following cable routing scenarios depending on your server configuration:

Cable routing for server model with ten 2.5-inch AnyBay drives (NVMe onboard connection)​

The following illustration shows NVMe onboard connection for server model with ten 2.5-inch AnyBay drives.



FromTo
1 NVMe 4-5 on the front backplane1 PCIe connector 2 on the system board assembly
2 NVMe 2-3 and NVMe 0-1 on the front backplane2 PCIe connectors 3 and 4 on the system board assembly
3 NVMe 8-9 and NVMe 6-7 on the front backplane3 PCIe connectors 5 and 6 on the system board assembly

Cable routing for server model with ten 2.5-inch AnyBay drives (SATA onboard connection)​

The following illustration shows the SATA onboard connection for server model with ten 2.5-inch AnyBay configuration.



FromTo
1 SAS 0 and SAS 1 on the front backplane1 PCIe connector 7 on the system board assembly
2 SAS 2 on the front backplane2 PCIe connector 8 on the system board assembly

Cable routing for server model with ten 2.5-inch AnyBay drives and a 16i SFF RAID/HBA adapter​

The following illustration and table show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and a 16i SFF HBA/RAID adapter.

Note

Gen 3 and Gen 4 SFF RAID/HBA adapters are slightly different in their connectors, but the connection method is similar. The following illustration takes Gen 4 SFF RAID/HBA adapters as an example.


Cable routing for 6 front SAS/SATA drives and 4 front AnyBay drives bays with a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 3)
FromTo
1 SAS 0 and SAS 1 on the front backplane1 SFF RAID/HBA adapter

  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0, C1

2 SAS 2 on the front backplane2 SFF RAID/HBA adapter

  • Gen 4: C1

  • Gen 3: C2