Onboard connectors + Riser 5 + OCP interposer cards + 8i RAID/HBA adapter

This topic provides cable routing information for the 8 SAS/SATA + 8 NVMe (Gen 4) configuration with riser 5, front and rear OCP interposer cards, and one 8i RAID/HBA adapter.

To connect cables to the riser 5 card and OCP interposer cards, see Riser 5 card + OCP interposer cards.

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

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing		Figure 2. NVMe cable routing
From	To	From	To
1 Backplane 1: SAS	8i/16i adapter Gen 4: C0 Gen 3: C0C1	1 Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1	Onboard: PCIe 10
		2 Backplane 2: NVMe 2-3	Onboard: PCIe 9
		3 Backplane 2: NVMe 4-5	Onboard: PCIe 8
		4 Backplane 2: NVMe 6-7	Onboard: PCIe 7