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Onboard connectors + 8i RAID/HBA adapter

The following shows the cable connections for the front (8 x 2.5-inch AnyBay + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe) configuration with one 8i RAID/HBA adapter.

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

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing
SAS/SATA cable routing to 8i adapter

Figure 2. NVMe cable routing
NVMe cable routing to onboard PCIe connectors

FromToFromTo
1 Backplane 1: SAS1 8i adapter
  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

1 Backplane 1: NVMe 0-11 Onboard: PCIe 5
  2 Backplane 1: NVMe 2-32 Onboard: PCIe 7
  3 Backplane 1: NVMe 4-53 Onboard: PCIe 6
  4 Backplane 1: NVMe 6-74 Onboard: PCIe 8
  5 Backplane 2: NVMe 0-15 Onboard: PCIe 4
  6 Backplane 2: NVMe 2-36 Onboard: PCIe 3
  7 Backplane 2: NVMe 4-57 Onboard: PCIe 2
  8 Backplane 2: NVMe 6-78 Onboard: PCIe 1