Configuration 1, 2, and 3: (front drive bays only)
Con-
fig.
Front BP
System board
Storage controller
SFF 8i RAID/HBA CFF 16i RAID/HBA
1
SAS 0 PCIe 2
SAS 1 PCIe 4
2
SAS 0, SAS 1
Gen 4: C 0
Gen 3: C 0, C 1
3
SAS 0 C 0
SAS 1 C 1
PCIe 8 MB
The following illustration shows the cable routing for the configuration 2, the routing for configuration 1 and 3
is similar. Connections between connectors:
1 ↔ 1 , 2 ↔ 2 , 3 ↔ 3 , ... n ↔ n
Note: For models that support Gen 3 and Gen4 adapters at the same slot, the illustration shows only the
cable routing information for Gen 4 adapters, the routing and connector information is similar for Gen 3
adapters.
Figure 18. Cable routing for configuration 2
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