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Front + rear backplanes: 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA expander + 4 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA

This section provides cable routing information for configuration (one 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA expander front drive backplane and one 4 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA rear drive backplane) with one 8i RAID/HBA adapter.

8i RAID/HBA adapter​

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

Figure 1. Signal cable routing

From

To

1 Front backplane: SAS 01 8i adapter:

  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

2 Front backplane: SAS 12 Rear backplane: SAS