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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) configuration with one CFF expander and one CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter.

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

SAS/SATA cable routing

Figure 1. 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

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 scenarios

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 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 4. 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