8i RAID/HBA adapters

This topic provides cable routing information for the 16 x 2.5" SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5" AnyBay (Gen 4) configuration with three 8i RAID/HBA adapters.

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

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing		Figure 2. NVMe cable routing
From	To	From	To
1 Backplane 1: SAS	8i adapter C0	1 Backplane 3: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 8
2 Backplane 2: SAS	8i adapter C0	2 Backplane 3: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 7
3 Backplane 3: SAS	8i adapter C0	3 Backplane 3: NVMe 4-5, 6-7	Onboard: PCIe 4, 3