12 x 3.5-inch front drive bays (SAS/SATA)
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA front drive bays.
| Configuration | Mid/Rear BP | Storage controller | ||
| Qty. | Type | Qty. | Type | |
| Config. 1 | ||||
| Config. 2 | 1 | SFF 16i RAID/HBA | ||
| Config. 3 | 2 | Mid: 4 x 2.5'' NVMe | 1 | SFF 16i RAID/HBA |
| Config. 4 | 1 | Rear: 2 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA | 1 | SFF 16i RAID/HBA |
| Config. 5 | 1 | Rear: 2 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA | 2 | SFF 8i HBA + SFF 16i RAID/HBA |
| Config. 6 | 1 | Rear: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA | 1 | SFF 16i RAID/HBA |
| Config. 7 | 1 | Rear: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA | 2 | SFF 8i HBA + SFF 16i RAID/HBA |
| Config. 8 | 1 | Rear: 4 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA | 1 | SFF 16i RAID/HBA |
| Config. 9 | 1 | Rear: 4 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA | 2 | SFF 8i HBA + SFF 16i RAID/HBA |
| Config. 10 | 2 | Mid: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA Rear: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA | 1 | SFF 8i HBA |
| Config. 11 | 2 | Mid: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA Rear: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA | 1 | SFF 32i RAID |
| Config. 12 | 2 | Mid: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA Rear: 4 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA | 1 | SFF 8i HBA |
| Config. 13 | 2 | Mid: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA Rear: 4 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA | 1 | SFF 32i RAID |
Configuration 1 – 2:
BP 1: 12 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP
| Config. | Front BP | System board | Storage controller | |
| SFF 16i RAID/HBA | SFF 16i RAID (Tri-Mode) | |||
| 1 | SAS 0 | PCIe 1 | ||
| SAS 1 | PCIe 2 | |||
| 2 | SAS 0, SAS 1 | Gen 4: C 0 Gen3: C 0/ C 1 | ||
| SAS 2 | Gen 4: C 1 Gen3: C 2/ C 3 | |||
Example
Configuration 3:
BP 1: 12 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP
BP 5 + BP 6: 2 x 4 x 2.5'' NVMe BP
| Config. | Front BP | Mid BP | System board | Storage controller |
| SFF 16i RAID/HBA | ||||
| 3 | SAS 0, SAS 1 | Gen 4: C 0 Gen3: C 0/ C 1 | ||
| SAS 2 | C 1 | |||
| BP 5: NVMe 0–1 | PCIe 1, PCIe 2 | |||
| BP 5: NVMe 2–3 | PCIe 3 | |||
| BP 6: NVMe 0–1 | PCIe 7 | |||
| BP 6: NVMe 2–3 | PCIe 8 |
Example
Configuration 4 – 9:
BP 1:12 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP
BP 4: 4 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA BP/ 2 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP/ 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP
| Config. | Front BP | Rear BP | Storage controller | |
| SFF 16i RAID/HBA | SFF 8i RAID | |||
| 4/6/8 | SAS 0, SAS 1 | Gen 4: C 0 Gen3: C 0/C 1 | ||
| SAS 2 | BP 4: SAS | Gen 4: C 1 Gen3: C 2/C 3 | ||
| 5/7/9 | SAS 0, SAS 1 | Gen 4: C 0 Gen3: C 0/C 1 | ||
| SAS 2 | Gen 4: C 1 Gen3: C 2 | |||
| BP 4: SAS | Gen 4: C 0 Gen3: C 0 | |||
Example
Configuration 10 – 13:
BP 1: 12 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP
BP 4: 4 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA BP/ 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP
BP 5: 4 x 3.5'' SAS/SATA BP
| Config. | Front BP | Mid/Rear BP | System board | Storage controller | |
| SFF 8i HBA | SFF 32i RAID | ||||
| 10/12 | SAS 0 | PCIe 1 | |||
| SAS 1 | PCIe 2 | ||||
| SAS 2 | PCIe 4, PCIe 5 | ||||
BP 4: SAS BP 5: SAS | Gen 4: C 0 Gen3: C 0/C 1 | ||||
| 11/13 | SAS 0, SAS 1 | C 0 | |||
| SAS 2 | BP 4: SAS | C 1 | |||
| BP 5: SAS | C 2 | ||||
Example
