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Front backplane: 8 SAS/SATA + 4 AnyBay

This topic provides cable routing information for the front (8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA + 4 x 3.5-inch AnyBay) configuration using the 12 x 3.5-inch AnyBay front backplane.

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

Cable routing when two processors installed

To connect the processor interconnection cable when two processors are installed, see Processor interconnection cable routing.

Figure 1. SAS/SATA cable routing
SAS/SATA cable routing

Figure 2. NVMe cable routing
NVMe cable routing

FromToFromTo
1 Backplane 1: SAS 0, SAS 11 16i adapter
  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

1 Backplane 1: NVMe 8-91 Onboard: PCIe 9
2 Backplane 1: SAS 22 16i adapter
  • Gen 4: C1

  • Gen 3: C2

2 Backplane 1: NVMe 10-112 Onboard: PCIe 10, 11

Cable routing when one processor installed

Figure 3. SAS/SATA cable routing
SAS/SATA cable routing

Figure 4. NVMe cable routing
NVMe cable routing

FromToFromTo
1 Backplane 1: SAS 0, SAS 11 16i adapter
  • Gen 4: C0

  • Gen 3: C0C1

1 Backplane 1: NVMe 8-91 Onboard: PCIe 2
2 Backplane 1: SAS 22 16i adapter
  • Gen 4: C1

  • Gen 3: C2

2 Backplane 1: NVMe 10-112 Onboard: PCIe 1