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CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter + 8i RAID adapter (Tri-mode)

The following shows the cable connections for the 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch AnyBay configuration with one CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter and one Tri-mode 8i RAID adapter for U.3 drives.

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Backplane 1: SAS

CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter: C0, C1

CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter: MB (CFF input)

  • When 2 CPUs installed: PCIe 3 or 5
  • When 1 CPU installed: PCIe 1 or 2

CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter: PWR

Onboard: RAID PWR

Backplane 2: SAS

Tri-mode 8i RAID adapter on PCIe slot 2: C0

Connections between connectors: 1 ↔ 1, 2 ↔ 2, 3 ↔ 3, ... n ↔ n

Note

  • The CFF adapter in the following illustration might look slightly different from your CFF adapter, but the cable connections are the same.

  • The following illustration shows the cable routing when two processors are installed. When only one processor is installed, the only different is cable 3 which should be connected to PCIe 1 or PCIe 2 on the system board.

Figure 1. Cable routing for the 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch AnyBay configuration with one CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter and one Tri-mode 8i RAID adapter
Cable routing for the 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch AnyBay configuration with one CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter and one Tri-mode 8i RAID adapter