Front + rear backplanes: (8 SAS/SATA + 4 NVMe) + 4 SAS/SATA

This topic provides cable routing information for the (8 SAS/SATA + 4 NVMe) + 4 SAS/SATA configuration using the 12 x 3.5-inch AnyBay front backplane and 4 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA rear backplane.

16i RAID/HBA adapter​

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 0, SAS 1	16i adapter Gen 4: C0 Gen 3: C0C1	1 Backplane 1: NVMe 8-9	Onboard: PCIe 2
2 Backplane 4: SAS	Gen 4: C1 Gen 3: C2	2 Backplane 1: NVMe 10-11	Onboard: PCIe 1