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CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter + 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 NVMe) configuration with one CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter 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. Cable routing to CFF adapter
Cable routing to CFF adapter

Figure 2. NVMe cable routing
NVMe cable routing
FromToFromTo
1 Backplane 1: SAS1 CFF adapter
  • C0

  • C1

1 Backplane 3: NVMe 0-11 Retimer card: C0
2 Backplane 2: SAS2 CFF adapter
  • C2

  • C3

2 Backplane 3: NVMe 2-32 Retimer card: C1
3 CFF adapter: MB (CFF INPUT)3 Onboard: PCIe 53 Backplane 3: NVMe 4-53 Onboard: PCIe 9
4 CFF adapter: PWR4 Onboard: CFF RAID/HBA PWR4 Backplane 3: NVMe 6-74 Onboard: PCIe 10, 11