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6 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA + 2 x 2.5'' AnyBay + 2 x 2.5'' NVMe backplane

See this section to understand the cable routing of 6 front SAS/SATA drives, 2 front AnyBay drives, and 2 front NVMe drives with 10 x 2.5 backplane (Gen 5) installed.

To connect power cables for a backplane for standard 2.5'' or 3.5'' drives, refer to Backplane power cable routing.

To connector cables of RAID flash power modules, refer to RAID flash power modules.

To connect cables for a rear NVMe/SAS/SATA drive backplane, refer to Rear NVMe/SAS/SATA drive backplane.

To connect signal cables, refer to the following cable routing scenarios depending on your server configuration:

Cable routing with an SFF HBA/RAID adapter

The following tables show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and an 8i SFF HBA/RAID adapter (Gen 3 or Gen 4).

Figure 1. Cable routing for 6 front 2.5'' SAS/SATA drives, 2 front 2.5'' AnyBay drives, and 2 front 2.5'' NVMe drives with an 8i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 3 or Gen 4)

Table 1. Mapping between 6 front 2.5'' SAS/SATA drives, 2 front 2.5'' AnyBay drives, and 2 front 2.5'' NVMe drives with an 8i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 3 or Gen 4)
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (NVMe)1 NVMe 6-7, NVMe 8-91 PCIe connectors 7, 8, and 9
Front BP (SAS)2 SAS 0-3, SAS 4-72
  • Gen 3: C0, C1

  • Gen 4: C0

Cable routing with a CFF HBA/RAID adapter

The following table show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and an 8i CFF HBA/RAID adapter (Gen 3).

To connector the power cable for CFF RAID adapter, refer to CFF RAID adapter.

Figure 2. Cable routing for 6 front 2.5'' SAS/SATA drives, 2 front 2.5'' AnyBay drives, and 2 front 2.5'' NVMe drives with an 8i CFF RAID adapter (Gen 3)

Table 2. Mapping between 6 front 2.5'' SAS/SATA drives, 2 front 2.5'' AnyBay drives, and 2 front 2.5'' NVMe drives and an 8i CFF RAID adapter (Gen 3)
BackplaneFromTo
Front BP (SAS)1 SAS 0-31 C0
2 SAS 4-72 C1
CFF RAID adapter3 MB input3 PCIe connector 4
4 Power connector4 Internal RAID power connector
Front BP (NVMe)5 NVMe 6-7, NVMe 8-95 PCIe connectors 7, 8, and 9