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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: 11, 22, 33, ... nn

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing
Front/Rear backplane signal cable routing
Figure 2. NVMe cable routing
Middle backplane power cable routing
FromToFromTo
1 Backplane 1: SAS 0, SAS 116i adapter
  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

1 Backplane 1: NVMe 8-9Onboard: PCIe 2
2 Backplane 4: SAS
  • Gen 4: C1

  • Gen 3: C2

2 Backplane 1: NVMe 10-11Onboard: PCIe 1