Skip to main content

Onboard connectors + 8i RAID/HBA adapter + Retimer card

The following shows the cable connections for the front (8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 16 x 2.5-inch NVMe) configuration with one 8i 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. 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 2: NVMe 0-11 Onboard: PCIe 6
  2 Backplane 2: NVMe 2-32 Onboard: PCIe 8
  3 Backplane 2: NVMe 4-53 Onboard: PCIe 5
  4 Backplane 2: NVMe 6-74 Onboard: PCIe 7
  5 Backplane 3: NVMe 0-15 Retimer card: C0
  6 Backplane 3: NVMe 2-36 Retimer card: C1
  7 Backplane 3: NVMe 4-57 Onboard: PCIe 9
  8 Backplane 3: NVMe 6-78 Onboard: PCIe 10, 11