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12 x 3.5-inch front drive bays (AnyBay)

This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 12 x 3.5-inch AnyBay front drive bays.

ConfigurationMid/Rear BPStorage controller
Qty.TypeQty.Type
Config. 1  1SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Config. 21SFF 16i RAID (Tri-Mode)
Config. 31Rear: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA1SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Config. 41Rear: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA2SFF 8i HBA + SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Config. 52

Mid: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA

Rear: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA

1SFF 32i RAID
Depending on your server configurations, refer to one of the following sections for cable routing information.

Configuration 1 – 2:

BP 1: 12 x 3.5'' AnyBay BP

Config.Front BPSystem boardStorage controller
SFF 16i RAID/HBA
1NVMe 0–1PCIe 1, PCIe 2 
NVMe 2–3PCIe 3 
NVMe 4–5PCIe 4, PCIe 5 
NVMe 6–7PCIe 6 
NVMe 8–9PCIe 7 
NVMe 10–11PCIe 8 
SAS 0, SAS 1 

Gen 4: C 0

Gen3: C 0/ C 1

SAS 2 C 1
2SAS 0, SAS 1 

Gen 4: C 0

Gen3: C 0/ C 1

SAS 2 

Gen 4: C 1

Gen3: C 2/ C 3

Configuration 3 – 4:

BP 1: 12 x 3.5'' AnyBay BP

BP 4: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP

Config.Front BPRear BPSystem boardStorage controller
SFF 16i RAID/HBASFF 8i RAID
3NVMe 0–1 PCIe 1, PCIe 2  
NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3  
NVMe 4–5 PCIe 4, PCIe 5  
NVMe 6–7 PCIe 6  
NVMe 8–9 PCIe 7  
NVMe 10–11 PCIe 8  
SAS 0, SAS 1  

Gen 4: C 0

Gen3: C 0/ C 1

 
SAS 2BP 4: SAS 

Gen 4: C 1

Gen3: C 2/C 3

 
4NVMe 0–1 PCIe 1, PCIe 2  
NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3  
NVMe 4–5 PCIe 4, PCIe 5  
NVMe 6–7 PCIe 6  
NVMe 8–9 PCIe 7  
NVMe 10–11 PCIe 8  
SAS 0, SAS 1  

Gen 4: C 0

Gen3: C 1

 
SAS 2  

Gen 4: C 1

Gen3: C 0

 
 BP 4: SAS  

Gen 4: C 0

Gen3: C 0

Configuration 5:

BP 1: 12 x 3.5'' AnyBay BP

BP 4: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP

BP 5: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP

Config.Front BPRear BPSystem boardStorage controller
SFF 32i RAID
5NVMe 0–1 PCIe 1, PCIe 2 
NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3 
NVMe 4–5 PCIe 4, PCIe 5 
NVMe 6–7 PCIe 6 
NVMe 8–9 PCIe 7 
NVMe 10–11 PCIe 8 
SAS 0, SAS 1  C 0
SAS 2BP 4: SAS C 1
 BP 5: SAS C 2

Example

Figure 1. Configuration 5