Cable routing for 2.5-inch drives to two backplanes
Use this section to understand how to route cables for 2.5-inch drives to two backplanes.
Following is the list of combinations of cable routing for 2.5-inch drives to two backplanes.
Connecting signal cables to two backplanes
When there are two backplanes installed, see the following illustrations for cable routing.
8-bay backplane + 8-bay backplane
Two options are available for this combination:
With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i)
Figure 1. Cable routing, 8-bay backplane + 8-bay backplane
Table 1. Cables and adapters for routing 1 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i) 3 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 2 SATA/SAS signal cables (900 mm) With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i)
Figure 2. Cable routing, 8-bay backplane + 8-bay backplane
Table 2. Cables and adapters for routing 1 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 3 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 2 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 4 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm)
AnyBay backplane + 8-bay backplane
Two processors installed
Two options are available for this combination:
Attention
When installing a AnyBay backplane and a 8-bay backplane, always install the AnyBay backplane to drive bay 0-7, and the 8-bay backplane to drive bay 8-15.
With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i)
Figure 3. Cable routing, AnyBay backplane + 8-bay backplane
Table 3. Cables and adapters for routing 1 PCIe switch card 4 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 2 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i) 5 SATA/SAS signal cables (900 mm) 3 NVMe signal cables for PCIe switch card With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i)
Figure 4. Cable routing, AnyBay backplane + 8-bay backplane
Table 4. Cables and adapters for routing 1 PCIe switch card 4 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 2 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 5 NVMe signal cables for PCIe switch card 3 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 6 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm)
Four processors installed
Two options are available for this combination:
Note
- When installing a AnyBay backplane and a 8-bay backplane, always install the AnyBay backplane to drive bay 0-7, and the 8-bay backplane to drive bay 8-15.
- Install the processor and memory expansion tray before connecting the signal cables to NVMe connector on the expansion tray.
With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i)
Figure 5. Cable routing, AnyBay backplane + 8-bay backplane
Table 5. Cables and adapters for routing 1 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i) 4 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 2 NVMe connectors on the processor and memory expansion tray 5 SATA/SAS signal cables (900 mm) 3 Direct NVMe signal cables for processor and memory expansion tray With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i)
Figure 6. Cable routing, AnyBay backplane + 8-bay backplane
Table 6. Cables and adapters for routing 1 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 4 Direct NVMe signal cables for processor and memory expansion tray 2 NVMe connectors on the processor and memory expansion tray 5 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 3 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 6 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm)
AnyBay backplane + AnyBay backplane
Two processors installed
Two options are available for this combination:
With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i)
Figure 7. Cable routing, AnyBay backplane + AnyBay backplane
Table 7. Cables and adapters for routing 1 PCIe switch card 5 NVMe signal cables for PCIe switch card 2 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i) 6 NVMe signal cables for PCIe switch card 3 PCIe switch card 7 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 4 SATA/SAS signal cables (900 mm) - With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i)Figure 8. Cable routing, AnyBay backplane + AnyBay backplane
Table 8. Cables and adapters for routing 1 PCIe switch card 5 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 2 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 6 NVMe signal cables for PCIe switch card 3 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 7 NVMe signal cables for PCIe switch card 4 PCIe switch card 8 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm)
Four processors installed
Four options are available for this combination:Note
Install the processor and memory expansion tray before connecting the signal cables to NVMe connector on the expansion tray.
With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i)
Figure 9. Cable routing, AnyBay backplane + AnyBay backplane
Table 9. Cables and adapters for routing 1 PCIe switch card 5 SATA/SAS signal cables (900 mm) 2 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i) 6 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 3 NVMe connectors on the processor and memory expansion tray 7 NVMe signal cables for PCIe switch card 4 Direct NVMe signal cables for processor and memory expansion tray With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i)
Figure 10. Cable routing, AnyBay backplane + AnyBay backplane
Table 10. Cables and adapters for routing 1 4U PCIe riser card 5 PCIe switch card 2 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i) 6 NVMe signal cables for PCIe switch card 3 NVMe connectors on the processor and memory expansion tray 7 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 4 Direct NVMe signal cables for processor and memory expansion tray 8 SATA/SAS signal cables (900 mm) With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i)
Figure 11. Cable routing, AnyBay backplane + AnyBay backplane
Table 11. Cables and adapters for routing 1 PCIe switch card 5 Direct NVMe signal cables for processor and memory expansion tray 2 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 6 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 3 NVMe connectors on the processor and memory expansion tray 7 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 4 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 8 NVMe signal cables for PCIe switch card With SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i)
Figure 12. Cable routing, AnyBay backplane + AnyBay backplane
Table 12. Cables and adapters for routing 1 4U PCIe riser card 6 PCIe switch card 2 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i) 7 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 3 NVMe connectors on the processor and memory expansion tray 8 NVMe signal cables for PCIe switch card 4 Direct NVMe signal cables for processor and memory expansion tray 9 SATA/SAS signal cables (720 mm) 5 SATA/SAS RAID adapter (8i)
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