Front + rear backplanes: 24 x 2.5" SAS/SATA + 4 x 2.5" AnyBay

This topic provides cable routing information for the front 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA expander backplane with a 4 x 2.5-inch AnyBay rear drive backplane.

8i adapter​

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

Figure 1. Front backplane cable routing		Figure 2. Rear backplane cable routing
From	To	From	To
1 Backplane 1: SAS 1	Backplane 4: SAS	1 Backplane 4: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 10
2 Backplane 1: SAS 0	8i adapter Gen 4: C0 Gen 3: C0C1	2 Backplane 4: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 9
		3 Backplane 4: PWR	4 Onboard: 7mm power connector