Internal Cable Routing; Cable Routing For 2.5-Inch Drives - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR850 Maintenance Manual

Figure 23. Connectors on SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i)
Table 22. SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i)
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SATA/SAS RAID adapter (16i) with four SATA/SAS connectors (C0, C1, C2, C3)
Figure 24. Connectors on PCIe switch card
Table 23. PCIe switch card
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PCIe switch card with four SATA/SAS connectors (C0, C1, C2, C3)

Internal cable routing

This section provides information about routing the cables when you install components in the server.
For more information about the requirements for cables and connecting devices, see the documentation that
comes with these devices.

Cable routing for 2.5-inch drives

Use this section to understand how to route cables for 2.5-inch drives.
Following is the list of combinations of cable routing for 2.5-inch drives.
• "Connecting signal cables to one backplane" on page 32
– "One 8-bay backplane" on page 33
– "One AnyBay backplane" on page 34
– Two processors installed
– Four processors installed
• "Connecting signal cables to two backplanes" on page 36
– "8-bay backplane + 8-bay backplane" on page 36
– "8-bay backplane + AnyBay backplane" on page 38
– Two processors installed
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