Front + rear backplanes: One 24 x2.5 SAS/SATA expander + one 4 x2.5 SAS/SATA

This section provides cable routing information for configuration (one 24 x2.5-inch SAS/SATA expander front drive backplane and one 4 x2.5-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 0	1 8i adapter: Gen 4: C0 Cen 3: C0C1
2 Front backplane: SAS 1	2 Rear backplane: SAS