Onboard connectors + 16i RAID/HBA adapter + Retimer card

The following shows the cable connections for the 16 x 2.5-inch AnyBay (Gen 5) configuration with one 16i RAID/HBA adapter and one retimer card.

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

SAS/SATA cable routing​

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing to 16i adapter

From	To
1 Backplane 1: SAS	16i adapter Gen 4: C0 Gen 3: C0C1
2 Backplane 2: SAS	Gen 4: C1 Gen 3: C2C3

NVMe cable routing​

Figure 2. Cable routing when two Platinum series processors installed with no riser 3 or with x8/x8 riser card		Figure 3. Cable routing when two Platinum series processors installed with x16/x16 riser card (only slot 7)
From	To	From	To
1 Backplane 1: NVMe 0-1	Retimer: C0	1 Backplane 1: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 10
2 Backplane 1: NVMe 2-3	Retimer: C1	2 Backplane 1: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 9
3 Backplane 1: NVMe 4-5	Onboard: PCIe 6	3 Backplane 1: NVMe 4-5	Onboard: PCIe 6
4 Backplane 1: NVMe 6-7	Onboard: PCIe 5	4 Backplane 1: NVMe 6-7	Onboard: PCIe 5
5 Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 7	5 Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 7
6 Backplane 2: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 3	6 Backplane 2: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 3
7 Backplane 2: NVMe 4-5	Onboard: PCIe 2	7 Backplane 2: NVMe 4-5	Retimer: C0
8 Backplane 2: NVMe 6-7	Onboard: PCIe 1	8 Backplane 2: NVMe 6-7	Retimer: C1