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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: 1 ↔ 1, 2 ↔ 2, 3 ↔ 3, ... n ↔ n

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