16 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (8SAS+8AnyBay)
This section provides cable routing information for the server model with 16 x 2.5-inch front drive bays (8SAS
+8AnyBay).
The following table lists the configurations for the server model with 16 x 2.5-inch front drive bays(8SAS
+8AnyBay).
Configuration
Storage controller
Qty. Type
Config. 1
2 SFF 8i RAID/HBA
Config. 2
1 SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Config. 3
1 CFF 16i RAID/HBA
Config. 4
1 SFF 32i RAID
The following table shows the cable connections for all configurations:
Configuration 1, 2, 3, and 4: (front drive bays only)
Front: one 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane and one 8 x 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane
• SFF 8i RAID/HBA
• SFF 16i RAID/HBA
Config.
Front BP
System board
Storage controller
SFF 8i RAID/HBA SFF 16i RAID/HBA
1
BP 1: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
BP 2: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
BP 2: NVMe 0–1
PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP 2: NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3
BP 2: NVMe 4–5 PCIe 7
BP 2: NVMe 6–7 PCIe 8
2
BP 1: SAS
Gen 4: C 0
Gen3: C 0, C 1
BP 2: SAS
Gen 4: C 1
Gen3: C 2, C 3
BP 2: NVMe 0–1
PCIe 1, PCIe 2
BP 2: NVMe 2–3 PCIe 3
BP 2: NVMe 4–5 PCIe 7
BP 2: NVMe 6–7 PCIe 8
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