• LSI sata conroller card advice needed

    From Lilly the punk@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 13 19:38:41 2024
    I bought an 8 port controller card for sata drives and when it arrived I couldn't understand why there were no sata sockets on it only these

    https://ibb.co/4RvdP6R

    I think I have sussed it but need someone to confirm before I spend any more money or return the card. Is it one of these I need:-

    https://ibb.co/SdcmdVs

    One end goes into one of the 2 sockets on the card then I simply plug the 4 leads into the 4 hard drives and I am good to go? I don't need 8 .....yet....but it's good to know I can expand if necessary!

    Thanks for any advice.

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to sugarplum@protonmail.invalid on Wed Nov 13 21:32:21 2024
    On 13 Nov 2024 at 19:38:41 GMT, ""Lilly the punk"" <sugarplum@protonmail.invalid> wrote:

    I bought an 8 port controller card for sata drives and when it arrived I couldn't understand why there were no sata sockets on it only these

    https://ibb.co/4RvdP6R

    SAS ports, with four SATA channels in each.

    I think I have sussed it but need someone to confirm before I spend any more money or return the card. Is it one of these I need:-

    https://ibb.co/SdcmdVs

    Yep.

    One end goes into one of the 2 sockets on the card then I simply plug the 4 leads into the 4 hard drives and I am good to go?

    Should be. LSI SAS cards are widely supported across any OS you might
    put on PC hardware.

    Cheers - Jaimie
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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to Jaimie Vandenbergh on Thu Nov 14 09:21:37 2024
    Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
    On 13 Nov 2024 at 19:38:41 GMT, ""Lilly the punk"" <sugarplum@protonmail.invalid> wrote:

    I bought an 8 port controller card for sata drives and when it arrived I couldn't understand why there were no sata sockets on it only these

    https://ibb.co/4RvdP6R

    SAS ports, with four SATA channels in each.

    Technically speaking they're SFF-<number> ports, can't tell from that angle
    but probably SFF-8087

    https://www.servethehome.com/sas-sata-cables-guide-sff8087-8088-8470-8482-8484-single-device-connectors/

    Used because there isn't space for a lot of cables or connectors, especially when hooking up backplanes.

    I think I have sussed it but need someone to confirm before I spend any more
    money or return the card. Is it one of these I need:-

    https://ibb.co/SdcmdVs

    Yep.

    +1. The cable can also carry a second channel for each port for SAS and some status LEDs, but a regular SATA connection will ignore those.

    One end goes into one of the 2 sockets on the card then I simply plug
    the 4 leads into the 4 hard drives and I am good to go?

    Should be. LSI SAS cards are widely supported across any OS you might
    put on PC hardware.

    Yep. If it's a branded card (IBM etc) it's also possible to reflash with generic firmware to unlock more options.

    Theo

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  • From Lilly the punk@21:1/5 to Jaimie Vandenbergh on Sun Nov 17 21:08:10 2024
    "Theo" wrote in message news:b+f*ibxZz@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk...

    Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
    On 13 Nov 2024 at 19:38:41 GMT, ""Lilly the punk"" <sugarplum@protonmail.invalid> wrote:

    I bought an 8 port controller card for sata drives and when it arrived I couldn't understand why there were no sata sockets on it only these

    https://ibb.co/4RvdP6R

    SAS ports, with four SATA channels in each.

    Technically speaking they're SFF-<number> ports, can't tell from that angle
    but probably SFF-8087

    https://www.servethehome.com/sas-sata-cables-guide-sff8087-8088-8470-8482-8484-single-device-connectors/

    Used because there isn't space for a lot of cables or connectors, especially when hooking up backplanes.

    I think I have sussed it but need someone to confirm before I spend any more
    money or return the card. Is it one of these I need:-

    https://ibb.co/SdcmdVs

    Yep.

    +1. The cable can also carry a second channel for each port for SAS and some status LEDs, but a regular SATA connection will ignore those.

    One end goes into one of the 2 sockets on the card then I simply plug
    the 4 leads into the 4 hard drives and I am good to go?

    Should be. LSI SAS cards are widely supported across any OS you might
    put on PC hardware.

    Yep. If it's a branded card (IBM etc) it's also possible to reflash with generic firmware to unlock more options.

    Theo

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    Thanks guys after I posted I did some further reading and verified my understanding was correct. I have now installed the card and everything is looking good I just have to re-arrange my drives now I bought one of these 5.25" bays that take 4 x 2.5" ssd's so I now have spaces for 16 drives and there will only be 3 left when I am finished lol

    Thanks for the help and extra info. It was 8086 Jaimie!

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