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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: 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
  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

1 Backplane 3: NVMe 0-11 Onboard: PCIe 2
2 Backplane 2: SAS2 8i adapter
  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

2 Backplane 3: NVMe 2-32 Onboard: PCIe 1
  3 Backplane 3: NVMe 4-53 Onboard: PCIe 9
  4 Backplane 3: NVMe 6-74 Onboard: PCIe 10, 11