Lenovo ThinkSystem SR665 - 16 X 2.5-Inch Front Drive Bays (SAS;SATA)

16 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (SAS/SATA)
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA front drive
bays.
The server model is configured with two 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes (BP 1 and BP 2). Below lists all
supported configurations with these two front drive backplanes.
Configuration
Storage controller
Qty. Type
Config. 1
Config. 2
2 SFF 8i RAID/HBA
Config. 3
1 SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Config. 4
1 CFF 16i RAID/HBA
The following table shows the cable connections for all configurations:
Configuration 1, 2, 3, and 4: (front drive bays only)
Front: two 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes (BP 1 and BP 2)
Con-
fig.
Front BP
System board
Storage controller
SFF 8i RAID/HBA SFF 16i RAID/HBA CFF 16i RAID/HBA
1
BP 1: SAS
PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP 2: SAS
PCIe 4, PCIe 5
2
BP 1: SAS,
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
BP 2: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
3
BP 1: SAS,
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
BP 2: SAS
Gen 4: C 1
Gen3: C 2, C 3
4
BP 1: SAS
C 0, C1
BP 2: SAS
C 2, C3
PCIe 6 MB
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