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8i RAID/HBA adapters + Retimer card

The following shows the cable connections for the front (16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch Gen 5 AnyBay) configuration with three 8i RAID/HBA adapters and one retimer card.

To connect the processor interconnection cable when two processors are installed, see Processor interconnection cable routing.

Connections between connectors: 11, 22, 33, ... nn

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing
SAS/SATA cable routing

Figure 2. NVMe cable routing
NVMe cable routing

FromToFromTo
1 Backplane 1: SAS1 8i adapter: C01 Backplane 3: NVMe 0-11 Retimer card: C0
2 Backplane 2: SAS2 8i adapter: C02 Backplane 3: NVMe 2-32 Retimer card: C1
3 Backplane 3: SAS3 8i adapter: C03 Backplane 3: NVMe 4-53 Onboard: PCIe 9
  4 Backplane 3: NVMe 6-74 Onboard: PCIe 10, 11