ijuarez Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Bought this off ebay but I'm not sure how to use it with sata drives and what cables. going to be used in a off the shelf board and 8 drives, any help would be appreciated. Brand HP Part Number 487738-001 Internal Port(s) x8 Mini-SAS External Port(s) x1 External SAS Host Bus PCI-Express x8 Battery Included(YES/NO) Yes Interface 6 Gbps SAS, 3 Gbps SATA Data Transfer Rate 600MBps Supported Devices SAS/SATA Quote Link to comment
uldise Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 it's and Expander, so you need HBA card to connect with one or two SFF-8087 cables. and then for each 4 sata disks you need one SFF-8087 to SATA forward breakout cable. Quote Link to comment
ijuarez Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 it's and Expander, so you need HBA card to connect with one or two SFF-8087 cables. and then for each 4 sata disks you need one SFF-8087 to SATA forward breakout cable.Ok got it thanks, for some reason I thought it was the hba. Sent from my BND-L34 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
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