August 15, 201114 yr I bought this cable from cable matters. I also just got the SASLP MV8 recntly. I just tried the combo in a test system and the bios doesn't see any drive connected. UnRaid reports the same. Do I have the correct cable? Or do I have to do anything with the SASLP card? the SASLP *seems* to be working fine since the bios is showing up and I can enter the utility.. It just doesn't see any drives. Someone else PM'ed me with the same situation. Am I missing something? Thanks, Jim
August 15, 201114 yr We need to know more information about the cable and about your set up. Are you connecting directly to hard drives, SATA backplanes, or miniSAS backplanes? We need to know if the cable is a forward breakout or a reverse breakout, and unfortunately Cable Matters doesn't specify. I suggest you email them and ask them about it.
August 15, 201114 yr Author We need to know if the cable is a forward breakout or a reverse breakout, and unfortunately Cable Matters doesn't specify. I suggest you email them and ask them about it. My guess is that's the issue. someone else on the forums here couldn't get an answer from them. I also just e-mailed them. I can't find a pinout for the forward cable! If I have that I could ohm out the cable to see if it's forward or reverse.
August 15, 201114 yr Go to www.molex.com Type 79576-3000 in the part number and look at the datasheet (it covers both forward and reverse breakouts) You will need pinout 2 (iPass on CTRL) to SATA Or to get a complete look - www.t10.org/ftp/t10/document.05/05-084r1.pdf
August 15, 201114 yr I bought one of these cables. Nice cable but it is a reverse breakout cable. It is designed to connect a drive array or hot swap bay that has a mini SAS 36Pin connector to a controller that has individual sata connectors for individual drives like a motherboard does. There was a forward breakout cable in good deals that was a great deal. I will see if I can find link. Reed
August 15, 201114 yr Author I bought one of these cables. Nice cable but it is a reverse breakout cable. It is designed to connect a drive array or hot swap bay that has a mini SAS 36Pin connector to a controller that has individual sata connectors for individual drives like a motherboard does. Ok.. Well now I know!.. You saved me the trouble of trying to ohm out the cable to figure that out! Thanks! On the bright side... I now have a reverse breakout cable if I ever buy the 4020 Norco box! EDIT: I had already bought a longer than needed (forward) breakout cable earlier today when this cable didn't work. So Hopefully there won't be any gotchas with the longer right angle min-SAS connector.
August 15, 201114 yr http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=14043.msg133005#msg133005 $6.00 each free shipping He says: Shipping Via USPS. Will only ship to United States only. WILL NOT SHIP TO NEW YORK!!!!! I bought one of these cables. Nice cable but it is a reverse breakout cable. It is designed to connect a drive array or hot swap bay that has a mini SAS 36Pin connector to a controller that has individual sata connectors for individual drives like a motherboard does. Ok.. Well now I know!.. You saved me the trouble of trying to ohm out the cable to figure that out! Thanks! On the bright side... I now have a reverse breakout cable if I ever buy the 4020 Norco box! So do I! LOL Glad I could help. Reed
August 15, 201114 yr On the bright side... I now have a reverse breakout cable if I ever buy the 4020 Norco box! The 4020 uses regular SATA backplanes, so a reverse breakout cable would be useless. In a 4220 or 4224 it would be right at home.
August 15, 201114 yr Author On the bright side... I now have a reverse breakout cable if I ever buy the 4020 Norco box! The 4020 uses regular SATA backplanes, so a reverse breakout cable would be useless. In a 4220 or 4224 it would be right at home. D'oh! I knew that.. It just slipped my mind! The question is will I ever get a 4220 or 4224! Jim
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.