Eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives, rear NVMe drive assembly and one 8i RAID adapter
Note: The cable routing illustration is based on the scenario that the rear hot-swap drive cage is installed.
Depending on the model, the rear hot-swap drive cage might not be available on your server.
Figure 37. Cable routing for server model with eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives, rear NVMe drive assembly and one 8i
RAID adapter
Note: RAID adapter can be installed in PCIe slot 1 or internal riser assembly.
Cable
From To
1 SAS signal cable for front
backplane
SAS 0 and SAS 1 connectors on
the front backplane
C0 and C1 connectors on the RAID adapter
2 NVMe signal cable for rear
backplane
NVMe connectors on the rear
backplane
PCIe connector 1 on the system board
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