November 27, 20178 yr Hi to everybody, I'm trying to recycle a lot of hdd and I want to attach it to my Hp microserver gen 8. So I thought to buy the Intel RES2SV240 to expand the microserver. I know that the port is only internal, but I don't care about this, I would let cables came out from empty slim ODD, not really chic solution, but no problem is hidden inside the cabinet. The problem are 2: HP microserver gen 8 has only one slot pci-e && this slot is low-profile. Then my choice for this Intel. So, the question is: "Can I use the Intel RES2SV240 alone in my server to attach hdd, without any controller, HBA or anything else?". And if true, I need to something else to connect the Intel RES2SV240 to my server? I don't know, something like adapters or similar for data? If the problem is RAID, no worry, I don't care, Jbod is my target. Thanks in advance for your help and sorry for my poor english.
November 27, 20178 yr 2 minutes ago, tuamadre said: "Can I use the Intel RES2SV240 alone in my server to attach hdd, without any controller, HBA or anything else?". No, you need an HBA, LSI recommended.
November 27, 20178 yr Also note that the Intel expander doesn't require a free PCIe slot, it's just for power and you can use a free slot or the molex connector for that.
November 27, 20178 yr The expander can be mounted anywhere, inside or even outside the case. Just needs power and SAS feeds from HBA - and to not short out. It does not need to plug into a slot, although that is a convenient place as it supplies power and avoids need to mount it somehow.
November 27, 20178 yr 6 minutes ago, SSD said: The expander can be mounted anywhere, inside or even outside the case. Yep, this is how I'm using one of mine:
November 27, 20178 yr Author Perfect! Thanks so much for the answer! So, now I just have to find a good LSI. Any suggestion? I found the LSI Sas9211-8i, that is cheap and low-profile to. It might be good?
November 27, 20178 yr Just now, tuamadre said: I found the LSI Sas9211-8i, that is cheap and low-profile to. It might be good? Yes, that works, you may need to flash it to IT mode if it's not already, but it's easy, like a bios update.
November 28, 20178 yr Wouldn't the MB connector (SFF-8087 in my GEN7 anyway) work with a SAS expander? I've never tried it myself with my RES2SV240 but would be an interesting experiment. Don't really expect it to work but thought I would ask those more knowledgeable about this.
November 28, 20178 yr 6 hours ago, BobPhoenix said: Wouldn't the MB connector (SFF-8087 in my GEN7 anyway) work with a SAS expander? No, the onboard controller is SATA only, on both gen7 and 8, it won't support a SAS expander.
November 30, 20178 yr On 11/28/2017 at 1:34 AM, johnnie.black said: No, the onboard controller is SATA only, on both gen7 and 8, it won't support a SAS expander. Didn't think about that very well. SATA isn't SAS but SAS can use SATA devices.
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