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CFF expander + CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter

The following shows the cable connections for the 16 x 2.5" SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5" AnyBay (Gen 5) + 4 x 2.5" SAS/SATA configuration with one CFF expander and one CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter.

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

Front backplane cable routing

SAS/SATA cable routing

Figure 1. Cable routing when two Platinum series processors installed with no riser 3
Cable routing when two Platinum series processors installed with no riser 3

FromTo
1 Backplane 1: SASCFF expander
  • C0

2 Backplane 2: SAS
  • C1

3 Backplane 3: SAS
  • C2

4 CFF adapter: MB (CFF input)Onboard: PCIe 4
5 CFF expander: RAID/HBACFF adapter
  • C0

  • C1

6 CFF adapter: PWR Onboard: CFF RAID/HBA PWR
7 CFF expander: PWROnboard: CFF EXP PWR
Figure 2. Cable routing in other scenarios
Cable routing in other configurations

FromTo
1 Backplane 1: SASCFF expander
  • C0

2 Backplane 2: SAS
  • C1

3 Backplane 3: SAS
  • C2

4 CFF adapter: MB (CFF input)Onboard: PCIe 7
5 CFF expander: RAID/HBACFF adapter
  • C0

  • C1

6 CFF adapter: PWR Onboard: CFF RAID/HBA PWR
7 CFF expander: PWROnboard: CFF EXP PWR

NVMe cable routing

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

Rear backplane cable routing

Figure 5. Rear backplane cable routing
Rear backplane cable routing

FromTo
1 Backplane 4: SASCFF expander
  • C3

2 Backplane 4: PWROnboard: 7mm backplane power connector