•  “CFF 16i RAID/HBA adapter + Retimer card” on page 430
8i RAID/HBA adapter
The following shows the cable connections for the front (16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch Gen 5 
NVMe) configuration with two 8i RAID/HBA adapters when only one processor is installed.
Connections between connectors: 
1  ↔  1 ,  2  ↔  2 ,  3  ↔  3 , ...  n  ↔  n
Figure 457. SAS/SATA cable routing
Figure 458. NVMe cable routing
From To From To
1  Backplane 1: SAS
1  8i adapter 
•  Gen 4: C0
•  Gen 3: C0C1
1  Backplane 3: NVMe 0-1
1  Onboard: PCIe 2
2  Backplane 2: SAS
2  8i adapter 
•  Gen 4: C0
•  Gen 3: C0C1
2  Backplane 3: NVMe 2-3
2  Onboard: PCIe 1
3  Backplane 3: NVMe 4-5
3  Onboard: PCIe 9
4  Backplane 3: NVMe 6-7
4  Onboard: PCIe 10, 11
8i RAID/HBA adapter + Retimer card
The following shows the cable connections for the front (16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch Gen 5 
NVMe) configuration with two 8i RAID/HBA adapters and one retimer card when two processors are 
installed.
To connect the processor interconnection cable when two processors are installed, see “Processor 
interconnection cable routing” on page 311
.
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