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

This topic provides cable routing information for the 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA front backplane and a 4 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA middle backplane.

16i RAID/HBA adapter​

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

Figure 1. Front/Middle backplane signal cable routing
Front/Middle backplane signal cable routing
Figure 2. Middle backplane power cable routing
Middle backplane power cable routing
FromToFromTo
1 Backplane 1: SAS 0, SAS 116i adapter

  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

1 Backplane 5: PWR

  • Onboard: GPU power

  • Onboard: backplane power

  • Onboard: backplane sideband

2

  • Backplane 1: SAS 2

  • Backplane 5: SAS

  • Gen 4: C1

  • Gen 3: C2C3