Hi
I was wondering if I could get the assistance of those more knowledgeable than me (ie most of you) in cabling up a new system:
My hardware - a 12 bay Supermicro SC826BE2C with SAS3 dual-expander backplane, an X9-DRF EATX motherboard and 2 x Xeon E5 2650l V2 CPUs ('controller').
A second Supermicro CSE826 JBOD 12-bay chassis with BPN-SAS2-826EL1 backplane ('shelf').
My questions are:
a) What HBA will be best (I was looking at the LSI 9211-8i, but am completely open to suggestions)
b) What cabling will I need? I was thinking HBA to backplane of 'controller' and then downstream SAS connection from 'controller' to 'shelf', or am I making things way too straightforward?
I'd appreciate your help, as although I am likely to learn from my mistakes, I'd rather get it right first time than waste money needlessly!
I am referencing the EL1 manual, which can be found here. If I've left any pertinent information out, let me know and I will supply it. Thanks again, and Merry Christmas everyone!