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16 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (8SAS/SATA+8NVMe)

This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 16 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (8SAS/SATA+8NVMe).

Note
The AnyBay backplane (BP2) is used as pure NVMe backplane.
ConfigurationStorage controller
Qty.Type
Config. 1  
Config. 22SFF 8i RAID/HBA
Config. 31SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Config. 41CFF 16i RAID/HBA

Configuration 1 – 4:

BP 1 + BP 2: 8 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA BP + 8 x 2.5'' NVMe BP

Config.Front BPSystem boardStorage controller
SFF 8i RAID/HBASFF 16i RAID/HBACFF 16i RAID/HBA
1BP 1: SASPCIe 4, PCIe 5   
BP 2: NVMe 0–1PCIe 1, PCIe 2   
BP 2: NVMe 2–3PCIe 3   
BP 2: NVMe 4–5PCIe 7   
BP 2: NVMe 6–7PCIe 8   
2BP 1: SAS

Gen 4: C 0

Gen3: C 0, C 1

BP 2: NVMe 0–1PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP 2: NVMe 2–3PCIe 3
BP 2: NVMe 4–5PCIe 7
BP 2: NVMe 6–7PCIe 8
3BP 1: SAS  

Gen 4: C 0

Gen3: C 0, C 1

 
BP 2: NVMe 0–1PCIe 1, PCIe 2   
BP 2: NVMe 2–3PCIe 3   
BP 2: NVMe 4–5PCIe 7   
BP 2: NVMe 6–7PCIe 8   
4BP 1: SASC 0, C 1
PCIe 6MB
BP 2: NVMe 0–1PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP 2: NVMe 2–3PCIe 3
BP 2: NVMe 4–5PCIe 7
BP 2: NVMe 6–7PCIe 8

Example

Figure 1. Configuration 3