Cable routing with an SFF HBA/RAID adapter
The following tables show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and an SFF HBA/RAID
adapter (Gen 3 or Gen 4).
Figure 360. Cable routing for 10 front AnyBay drives with a 16i SFF RAID adapter (Gen 4)
Table 167. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and a Gen 4 SFF HBA/RAID adapter
Backplane From To
Front BP (SAS)
1 SAS 0–3, 4–7 1 C0
Front BP (NVMe)
2 NVMe 0–1
2 PCIe 5
Front BP (power)
3 Power and sideband
3 Power port for front BP
Front BP (SAS)
4 SAS 8–9 4 C1
Front BP (NVMe)
5 NVMe 2–3
5 PCIe 6
6 NVMe 4–5
6 PCIe 3
7 NVMe 6–7
7 PCIe 2
8 NVMe 8–9
8 PCIe 1
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