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Onboard connectors + 8i RAID/HBA adapter

This topic provides cable routing information for the 8 SAS/SATA + 8 NVMe (Gen 4) configuration with one 8i RAID/HBA adapter.

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

SAS/SATA cable routing

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing to 8i adapter
SAS/SATA cable routing to 8i adapter

FromTo
1 Backplane 1: SAS8i adapter
  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

NVMe cable routing

Figure 2. Cable routing when two processors installed
Cable routing when two processors installed
Figure 3. Cable routing when one processor installed
Cable routing when one processor installed
FromToFromTo
1 Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1Onboard: PCIe 81 Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1, 2-3Onboard: PCIe 3, 4
2 Backplane 2: NVMe 2-3Onboard: PCIe 72 Backplane 2: NVMe 4-5Onboard: PCIe 2
3 Backplane 2: NVMe 4-5, 6-7Onboard: PCIe 6, 53 Backplane 2: NVMe 6-7Onboard: PCIe 1