The following table shows the cable connections for all configurations:
Configuration 5 to 8: (front drive bays and rear drive bays)
Front: three 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes (BP 1, BP 2, and BP 3)
Rear: one 4 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA (BP 4)
Co-
nfi-
g.
Front BP Rear BP
System board
Storage controller
CFF 36i
RAID
Expander
CFF 16i
RAID/HBA
SFF 8i RAID/
HBA
5
BP 1: SAS C 0
BP 2: SAS C 1
BP 3: SAS C 2
BP 4: SAS C 3
PCIe 6 MB
RAID/HBA
C 0, C 1
6
BP 1: SAS C 0
BP 2: SAS C 1
BP 3: SAS C 2
BP 4: SAS C 3
RAID/HBA
Gen 4: C 0
Gen 3: C 0/C 1
Front: three 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes (BP 1, BP 2, and BP 3)
Rear: one 4 x 2.5'' SAS/SATA (BP 4)
Configura-
tion option
Front BP Rear BP
Storage controller
SFF 8i RAID/HBA SFF 32i RAID
7
BP 1: SAS
Slot 2:
Gen 4: C 0
Gen 3: C 0/C 1
BP 2: SAS
Slot 3:
Gen 4: C 0
Gen 3: C 0/C 1
BP 3: SAS
Slot 5:
Gen 4: C 0/C 2
Gen 3: C 0/C 1
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