8 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (AnyBay)
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with eight 2.5-inch front drive bays.
The server model is configured with one 8 x 2.5-inch Anybay front drive backplane. Below lists all supported 
configurations with this front drive backplane.
Configuration
Storage controllers
Qty. Type
Config. 1
1 SFF 8i RAID/HBA
Config. 2
1 SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Config. 3
1 CFF 16i RAID/HBA
Configuration 1, 2, and 3:
Front: one 8 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane
Config.
Front BP
System board
Storage controller
SFF 8i RAID/HBA SFF 16i RAID/HBA CFF 16i RAID/HBA
1
BP1:NVMe 0–1
PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP1: NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3
BP1: NVMe 4–5 PCIe 7
BP1: NVMe 6–7 PCIe 8
BP1: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
2
BP1:NVMe 0–1 PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP1: NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3
BP1: NVMe 4–5 PCIe 7
BP1: NVMe 6–7 PCIe 8
BP1: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
3
BP1:NVMe 0–1 PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP1: NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3
BP1: NVMe 4–5 PCIe 7
BP1: NVMe 6–7 PCIe 8
BP1: SAS
C 0, C 1
PCIe 6 MB
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