May 28, 201016 yr I just got my Norco 4220 and I ordered a Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8. What cable do you use to connect these two items? They both use breakout cables, but is there a cable for a direct link?
May 29, 201016 yr Yep. SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 is what you need. I bought mine direct from Norco, their price was reasonable, and I picked up a spare drive cage while I was at it, in case I break one at some point.
May 31, 201016 yr I bought these ones: NORCO C-SFF8087-D SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 Internal Multilane SAS Cable Tested them out today, they work well. Remember that you'll need two cables per card, or four total if you are going for the full 20 drives with two cards. The total price after shipping was $70 for four of these cables. A bit more than I'm used to paying for cables, but they do work well... Those were the shortest cables I could find (1.64 ft), and they were still about twice as long as they need to be. If you can find any shorter cables, I would recommend buying them instead. They are very thick and you can't just zip tie the excess cable neatly away like you can with SATA and other smaller cables.
May 31, 201016 yr That same cable direct from Norco is a bit cheaper (surprisingly): http://www.ipcdirect.net/servlet/Detail?no=216 They also have the reverse breakout for going to the motherboard at $12: http://www.ipcdirect.net/servlet/Detail?no=215
June 1, 201016 yr After shipping, the total for 4 of those cables from ipcdirect came to $85.84, so Newegg is still cheaper. I don't know how they can justify charging $35 to ship a 1 lb box of 4 cables...
June 3, 201016 yr Author I got the cables yesterday and installed them. Worked like a charm. Thank you all to who responded.
June 3, 201016 yr Looks like they charge a fortune for shipping if the order is under $50. Adding an extra drive tray ($5) to the order caused shipping to be $3.
June 4, 201016 yr I just got my Norco 4220 and I ordered a Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8. What cable do you use to connect these two items? They both use breakout cables, but is there a cable for a direct link? can i be indiscrete and ask where you have bought your supermicro card? they are nearly impossible to find! cheers.
June 4, 201016 yr I got mine here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300360847366&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT It was a few dollars more than some vendors, but two of us unRAID forum folks have ordered from him and the contents were exactly as described.
June 4, 201016 yr I got mine here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300360847366&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT It was a few dollars more than some vendors, but two of us unRAID forum folks have ordered from him and the contents were exactly as described. Got mine from him too, shipped strait to Brazil, fast and well packaged.
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