Figure 384. Signal cable routing Figure 385. Power cable routing
From To From To
1  
•  Backplane 5: SAS 
•  Backplane 6: SAS 
CFF expander 
•  C3
1  
•  Backplane 5: PWR
•  Backplane 6: PWR
•  Onboard: backplane 
power
•  Onboard: backplane 
sideband
•  Riser 1: PWR
Three 8 x AnyBay backplanes
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with three 8 x 2.5-inch AnyBay front 
drive backplanes.
To connect power cables for the front backplane(s), refer to 
“Backplanes: server models with 2.5-inch front 
drive bays” on page 297
.
To connect signal cables for the front backplane(s), refer to the following cable routing scenarios depending 
on your server configuration.
• 
“8i RAID/HBA Trimode adapters” on page 383
•  “8i + 16i RAID/HBA Trimode adapters” on page 382
8i + 16i RAID/HBA Trimode adapters
The following shows the cable connections for the 24 x 2.5-inch AnyBay configuration with one Trimode 8i 
RAID/HBA adapter and one Trimode 16i RAID/HBA adapter.
Connections between connectors: 
1  ↔  1 ,  2  ↔  2 ,  3  ↔  3 , ...  n  ↔  n
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