Front backplane: 12 x 3.5" SAS/SATA
This topic provides cable routing information for the 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA front backplane.
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“Onboard connectors” on page 441
• “16i RAID/HBA adapter” on page 441
Onboard connectors
The following shows the cable connections for the front 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA configuration with onboard
connectors.
Connections between connectors:
1 ↔ 1 , 2 ↔ 2 , 3 ↔ 3 , ... n ↔ n
Figure 479. Cable routing to onboard SATA connectors
when two processors installed
Figure 480. Cable routing to onboard SATA connectors
when one processor installed
From To From To
1 Backplane 1: SAS 0 1 Onboard: PCIe 5 1 Backplane 1: SAS 0,
SAS 1
1 Onboard: PCIe 9
2 Backplane 1: SAS 1,
SAS 2
2 Onboard: PCIe 9 2 Backplane 1: SAS 2 2 Onboard: PCIe 11
16i RAID/HBA adapter
The following shows the cable connections for the front 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA configuration with one 16i
RAID/HBA adapter.
Connections between connectors:
1 ↔ 1 , 2 ↔ 2 , 3 ↔ 3 , ... n ↔ n
Chapter 6
. Internal cable routing 441