Figure 325. SAS/SATA cable routing to 8i adapters
From To
1 Backplane 1: SAS
8i adapter
• Gen 4: C0
• Gen 3: C0C1
2 Backplane 2: SAS
8i adapter
• Gen 4: C0
• Gen 3: C0C1
3 Backplane 3: SAS 8i adapter
• Gen 4: C0
• Gen 3: C0C1
8i + 16i RAID/HBA adapters
The following shows the cable connections for the 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA configuration with one 8i RAID/
HBA adapter and one 16i RAID/HBA adapter.
Connections between connectors:
1 ↔ 1 , 2 ↔ 2 , 3 ↔ 3 , ... n ↔ n
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