Table 46. Mapping between one front AnyBay backplane and a 16i CFF RAID adapter (Gen 3) with 2 x 2.5 rear SAS/SATA 
drives installed (continued)
From To
3  SAS 2 on the front backplane 3  C2 on the CFF RAID/HBA adapter
4  SAS connector on the rear backplane 4  C3 on the CFF RAID/HBA adapter
6 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA + 2 x 2.5'' AnyBay + 2 x 2.5'' NVMe
See this section to understand the cable routing of 6 front SAS/SATA drives, 2 AnyBay drives and 2 front 
NVMe drives.
•  For the locations of connectors on the processor board, refer to “System-board-assembly connectors” on 
page 33
.
•  To connect power cables for 2.5-inch drive backplanes, refer to 
“Power/Sideband cable routing” on page 
244
. 
•  To connect power and input cables for CFF RAID/HBA adapters, refer to 
“CFF RAID/HBA adapter” on 
page 222
.
•  To connect power and sideband cables for the rear drive backplane, refer to 
“Rear NVMe/SATA drive 
backplane” on page 232
.
•  To connect power and sideband cables for the 7mm drive backplane, refer to 
“7mm drive backplane” on 
page 235
.
•  To connect cables for RAID flash power modules, refer to 
“RAID flash power modules” on page 227.
To connect signal cables for a backplane for standard 6 front SAS/SATA drives, 2 AnyBay drives and 2 front 
NVMe drives, refer to the following cable routing scenarios depending on your server configuration:
• 
“Cable routing with an SFF HBA/RAID adapter” on page 276
•  “Cable routing with a CFF HBA/RAID adapter” on page 279
Cable routing with an SFF HBA/RAID adapter
The following tables show the mapping relationship between backplane connectors and an SFF HBA/RAID 
adapter.
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