Figure 321. Cable routing for 8 x 2.5-inch front SAS/SATA drive bays with a 16i CFF RAID adapter (Gen 3 or Gen 4) with 2
x 2.5 SAS/SATA drives installed
Table 128. Mapping between one front and one rear SAS/SATA backplane and a CFF RAID adapter
Backplane/adapter
From To
Front BP (SAS)
1 SAS 0 1 C0
2 SAS 1 2 C1
CFF RAID adapter
3 C3 3 SAS (rear)
4 MB input
4 PCIe 3
8 x 2.5'' U.3 drives with 10 x 2.5 AnyBay backplane
Use this section to understand the cable routing for eight U.3 drives with 10 x 2.5 Anybay backplane and two
processors installed.
Chapter 6. Internal cable routing 381