The following table shows the cable connections for all configurations:
Configuration 1 and 2: (front drive bays only)
Front: three 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes (BP 1, BP 2, and BP 3)
• CFF RAID expander + CFF 16i RAID/HBA
• CFF RAID expander + SFF 8i RAID/HBA
Co-
nfig.
Front BP
System board
Storage controller
CFF 36i
RAID
Expander
CFF 16i
RAID/
HBA
SFF 8i
RAID/HBA
SFF 32i RAID
1
BP 1: SAS C 0
BP 2: SAS C 1
BP 3: SAS C 2
RAID/HBA
C 0, C 1
PCIe 6 MB
2
BP 1: SAS C 0
BP 2: SAS C 1
BP 3: SAS C 2
RAID/HBA
Gen 4: C 0
Gen 3: C 0/C 1
3
BP 1: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen 3: C 0/C 1
BP 2: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen 3: C 0/C 1
BP 3: SAS
Gen 4: C 0/C 2
Gen 3: C 0/C 1
4
BP 1: SAS C 0
BP 2: SAS C 1
BP 3: SAS C 2
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