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CFF 16i RAID/HBA + SFF 16i RAID/HBA adapters

The following shows the cable connections for the front 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + rear 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA configuration one CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter and one SFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter.

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

Front backplane cable routing​

Figure 1. Cable routing when two processors installed
Cable routing when two processors installed

Figure 2. Cable routing when one processor installed
Cable routing when one processor installed

FromToFromTo
1Backplane 1: SAS1CFF adapter

  • C0

  • C1

1Backplane 1: SAS1CFF adapter

  • C0

  • C1

2Backplane 2: SAS2CFF adapter

  • C2

  • C3

2Backplane 2: SAS2CFF adapter

  • C2

  • C3

3Backplane 3: SAS316i adapter

  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

3Backplane 3: SAS316i adapter

  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

4CFF adapter: MB (CFF INPUT)4Onboard: PCIe 54CFF adapter: MB (CFF INPUT)4Onboard: PCIe 2
5CFF adapter: PWR5Onboard: CFF RAID/HBA PWR5CFF adapter: PWR5Onboard: CFF RAID/HBA PWR

Rear backplane cable routing​

Figure 3. Rear backplane cable routing
Rear backplane cable routing

From

To

1Backplane 4: SAS 0, SAS 1116i adapter

  • Gen 4: C1

  • Gen 3: C2C3

2Backplane 4: PWR2

  • Onboard: rear backplane power

  • Onboard: rear backplane sideband

  • Riser 1: PWR