Configuration 9 to 11: (front drive bays, mid drive bays, and rear drive bays)
Front: three 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes (BP 1, BP 2, and BP 3)
Mid: two 4 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes (BP 5 and BP 6)
Rear: one 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane (BP 4)
Config.
Front BP Mid/Rear BP
System board
Storage controller
CFF 36i
RAID Expander
CFF 16i
RAID/HBA
9
BP 1: SAS C 0
BP 2: SAS C 1
BP 3: SAS C 2
BP 4: SAS 0 C 2
BP 4: SAS 1 C 3
BP5: SAS, SAS
C 3
PCIe 6 MB
RAID/HBA
C 0, C 1
Front: three 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes (BP 1, BP 2, and BP 3)
Mid: two 4 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes (BP 5 and BP 6)
Rear: one 4 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane (BP 4)
Con-
fig.
Front BP
Mid/Rear
BP
Sys-
tem
board
Storage controller
CFF 36i
RAID Expander
CFF 16i
RAID/HBA
SFF 8i
RAID/HBA
10
BP 1: SAS C 0
BP 2: SAS C 1
BP 3: SAS C 2
BP 4: SAS,
BP 5: SAS
C 3
BP 6: SAS C 4
RAID/HBA
C 0, C 1
PCIe 6 MB
11
BP 1: SAS C 0
BP 2: SAS C 1
BP 3: SAS C 2
BP 4: SAS,
BP 5: SAS
C 3
BP 6: SAS C 4
RAID/HBA
Gen 4: C 0
Gen 3: C 0/C 1
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