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2.5-inch/3.5-inch drive backplane (signal)
Use the section to understand the cable routing for signal cable connections for 2.5-inch/3.5-inch drive
backplanes.
8 x 2.5-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 2.5-inch SAS/SATA front drive backplane (BP 1). Below lists all
supported configurations with this front drive backplane.
Configuration
Config. 1
Config. 2
Config. 3
Config. 4
The following table shows the cable connections for all configurations:
Configuration 1, 2, and 3 4:
Front: one 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
Con-
Front BP
fig.
BP 1: SAS
1
2
BP 1: SAS
3
BP 1: SAS
SAS
4
The following illustration shows the cable routing for the configuration 4, the routing for configurations 1 to 3
is similar. Connections between connectors:
System board
SFF 8i RAID/HBA
PCIe 1, PCIe 2
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
PCIe 6
↔
1
Storage controller
Qty.
1
1
1
Storage controller
SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
↔
↔
↔
,
,
, ...
1
2
2
3
3
n
Type
SFF 8i RAID/HBA
SFF 16i RAID/HBA
CFF 16i RAID/HBA
CFF 16i RAID/HBA
C 0, C1
MB
n
.
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Internal cable routing
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