Configuration 10 to 13: (front drive bays, mid drive bays, and rear drive bays)
Front: one 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplanes
Mid: one 4 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane (BP 5)
Rear: one 4 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane/4 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
Co-
nfig.
Front BP Mid/Rear BP
System board
Storage controller
SFF 8i HBA SFF 32i RAID
10/
12
SAS 0 PCIe 1
SAS 1 PCIe 2
SAS 2
PCIe 4, PCIe 5
BP 4: SAS
BP 5: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0/C 1
11/
13
SAS 0, SAS
1
C 0
SAS 2 BP 4: SAS C 1
BP 5: SAS C 2
The following illustration shows the cable routing for the configuration 10, the routing for the other
configurations is similar. Connections between connectors:
1 ↔ 1 , 2 ↔ 2 , 3 ↔ 3 , ... n ↔ n
Note: For models that support Gen 3 and Gen4 adapters at the same slot, the illustration shows only the
cable routing information for Gen 4 adapters, the routing and connector information is similar for Gen 3
adapters.
Figure 46. Cable routing for configuration 10
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