spasszeit Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Can someone help me understand, how do I connect the LSI SAS9305-24I to SAS3 Backplane? The backplane, 24-port BPN-SAS3-846EL1, has 2 Primary SAS ports and 2 Secondary SAS ports. The HBA has 6 ports The cables recommended by Supermicro and Broadcom are 1 SFF-8643 connector on one end and 1 SFF-8643 on the other. There are no 1 to 6 breakout cables. Am I to understand that I can plug the cable into one of the primary ports on the backplane and into any one port on the HBA to get 24 drives connected? Broadcom cable reference for this card - https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/12354774 Supermicro backplane connectivity reference - https://www.supermicro.com/manuals/other/BPN-SAS3-846EL.pdf Thanks. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 One cable is enough to use all the disks, you can connect two for dual link doubling total available bandwidth. Quote Link to comment
spasszeit Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Thanks. Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment
WingmanNZ Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 @spasszeit How did you get on with the BPN-SAS3-846EL1? Do you have working activity lights with this? Quote Link to comment
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