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8 x 3.5-inch front drive bays (SAS/SATA)
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA front drive
bays.
The server model is configured with one 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA front drive backplane. Below lists all
supported configurations with this front drive backplane.
Configuration
Config. 1
Config. 2
The following table shows the cable connections for all configurations:
Configuration 1 and 2: (front drive bays only)
Front: one 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes
Con-
Front BP
fig.
SAS 0
1
SAS 1
SAS 0, SAS 1
2
The following illustration shows the cable routing for the configuration 2, the routing for configurations 1 is
similar. Connections between connectors:
Note: For models that support Gen 3 and Gen4 adapters at the same slot, the illustration shows only the
cable routing information for Gen 4 adapters, the routing and connector information is similar for Gen 3
adapters.
Storage controller
Qty.
1
System board
PCIe 1
PCIe 2
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↔
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,
, ...
1
1
2
2
3
3
Type
SFF 8i RAID/HBA
Storage controller
SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
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n
n
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Internal cable routing
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