8i RAID/HBA adapter

The following shows the cable connections for the front (16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch Gen 5 NVMe) configuration with two 8i RAID/HBA adapters when only one processor is installed.

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

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing		Figure 2. NVMe cable routing
From	To	From	To
1Backplane 1: SAS	18i adapter Gen 4: C0 Gen 3: C0C1	1Backplane 3: NVMe 0-1	1Onboard: PCIe 2
2Backplane 2: SAS	28i adapter Gen 4: C0 Gen 3: C0C1	2Backplane 3: NVMe 2-3	2Onboard: PCIe 1
		3Backplane 3: NVMe 4-5	3Onboard: PCIe 9
		4Backplane 3: NVMe 6-7	4Onboard: PCIe 10, 11