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8i RAID/HBA adapters

The following shows the cable connections for the 16 x 2.5" SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5" AnyBay (Gen 5) configuration with three 8i RAID/HBA adapters.

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

SAS/SATA cable routing

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

FromTo
1 Backplane 1: SAS8i adapter
  • C0

2 Backplane 2: SAS8i adapter
  • C0

3 Backplane 3: SAS8i adapter
  • C0

NVMe cable routing

Cable routing when two processors installed

Figure 2. Cable routing when two Platinum series processors installed with no riser 3 or with x8/x8 riser card
Cable routing when two Platinum series processors installed with no riser 3 or with x8/x8 riser card
Figure 3. Cable routing in other scenarios
Cable routing in other scenarios
FromToFromTo
1 Backplane 3: NVMe 0-1Onboard: PCIe 61 Backplane 3: NVMe 0-1Onboard: PCIe 6
2 Backplane 3: NVMe 2-3Onboard: PCIe 52 Backplane 3: NVMe 2-3Onboard: PCIe 5
3 Backplane 3: NVMe 4-5Onboard: PCIe 23 Backplane 3: NVMe 4-5, 6-7Onboard: PCIe 4, 3
4 Backplane 3: NVMe 6-7Onboard: PCIe 1  
Cable routing when one processor installed
Figure 4. Cable routing when one processor installed
Cable routing when one processor installed

FromTo
1 Backplane 3: NVMe 0-1, 2-3Onboard: PCIe 4, 3
2 Backplane 3: NVMe 4-5Onboard: PCIe 2
3 Backplane 3: NVMe 6-7Onboard: PCIe 1