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Onboard connectors + retimer card

The following shows the cable connections for the 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe configuration with one retimer card.

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Backplane 1: SAS

Onboard: SATA 0, SATA 1

Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1, 2-3

Onboard: PCIe 1, PCIe 2

Backplane 2: NVMe 4-5, 6-7

Retimer card on PCIe slot 1: C0, C1

Connections between connectors: 11, 22, 33, ... nn

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing
SAS/SATA cable routing
Figure 2. NVMe cable routing
NVMe cable routing