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Onboard connectors + CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter

This topic provides cable routing information for the 8 SAS/SATA + 8 NVMe (Gen 4) configuration with one internal CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter.

SAS/SATA cable routing

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

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing to CFF 16i adapter
SAS/SATA cable routing to CFF 16i adapter

FromTo
1 CFF adapter: PWR Onboard: CFF RAID/HBA PWR
2 Backplane 1: SASCFF adapter
  • C0

  • C1

3 CFF adapter: MB (CFF input)Onboard: PCIe 4

NVMe cable routing

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

Figure 2. NVMe cable routing to onboard PCIe connectors
NVMe cable routing to onboard PCIe connectors

FromTo
1 Backplane 2: NVMe 0-1Onboard: PCIe 8
2 Backplane 2: NVMe 2-3Onboard: PCIe 7
3 Backplane 2: NVMe 4-5, 6-7Onboard: PCIe 6, 5