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Front + middle backplanes: 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA + two 4x 2.5-inch NVMe/AnyBay

This section provides cable routing information for configuration (one 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA front drive backplane and two 4 x 2.5-inch NVMe/AnyBay rear drive backplanes) with onboard connectors and one 16i RAID/HBA adapter.

Onboard connectors and 16i RAID/HBA adapter​

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

Figure 1. Signal cable routing

From

To

1 Backplane 5: NVMe 0-1, 2-31 Onboard: PCIe 1, 2
2 Backplane 6: NVMe 0-1, 2-32 Onboard: PCIe 3, 4
3 Front backplane: SAS 0, SAS 13 16i adapter:

  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

4 Front backplane: SAS 24 16i adapter:

  • Gen 4: C1

  • Gen 3: C2