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12 x 3.5" SAS/SATA + 4 x 2.5" NVMe

This topic provides cable routing information for the front 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA + rear 4 x 2.5-inch NVMe configuration with one 16i RAID/HBA adapter.

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

Figure 1. Front backplane cable routing
Front backplane cable routing
Figure 2. Rear backplane cable routing
Rear backplane cable routing
FromToFromTo
1 Backplane 1: SAS 0, SAS 116i adapter
  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

1 Backplane 4: NVMe 0-1Onboard: PCIe 10
2 Backplane 1: SAS 2
  • Gen 4: C1

  • Gen 3: C2

2 Backplane 4: NVMe 2-3Onboard: PCIe 9
  3 Backplane 4: PWROnboard: 7mm power connector