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 and one 8 x 2.5-inch pure NVMe backplane
• SFF 8i RAID/HBA
• SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Co-
nfig.
Front BP
System board
Storage controller
SFF 8i RAID/HBA SFF 16i RAID/HBA
1
BP 1: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen 3: C 0, C 1
BP 2: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
BP 3: NVMe 0–1
PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP 3: NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3
BP 3: NVMe 4–5 PCIe 7
BP3: NVMe 6–7 PCIe 8
2
BP 1: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
BP 2: SAS
Gen 4: C 1
Gen3: C 2, C 3
BP 3: NVMe 0–1
PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP 3: NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3
BP 3: NVMe 4–5 PCIe 7
BP3: NVMe 6–7 PCIe 8
• CFF 16i RAID/HBA
• SFF 32i RAID/HBA
Co-
nfi-
g.
Front BP
System board
Storage controller
CFF 16i RAID/HBA SFF 32i RAID/HBA
3
BP 1/BP 2: SAS
C 0/C 2, C 1/C 3
PCIe 6 MB
BP 3: NVMe 0–1
PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP 3: NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3
BP 3: NVMe 4–5 PCIe 7
BP3: NVMe 6–7 PCIe 8
4
BP 1: SAS C 0
BP 2: SAS C 1
BP 3: NVMe 0–1
PCIe 1, PCIe 2
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