February 24, 20206 yr All I have a question about finding a cable that I am having some trouble with. I'd like to relace the IBM M1015 in my system with an LSI 9305-16i. My drives are all in a StoragePod 4 with cables that end with Male SFF-8087 connectors. Becaues of the case design, it is not possible to replace these cables. I am trying to find a cable that will go from the female connector, an SFF-8463, on the 9305-16i to the male connector of the SFF-8087 cable to the drives, Thus the cable needs to be male SFF-8463 on one end to plug in to the 9305-16i and female SFF-8087 on the other end to plug in to the cable running to the drives. I have not yet been successful in this search. I know there are differences between forward and reverse cables that I do not fully understand, so I may not be using the correct search terms. The cables I've been able to find on Newegg, etc., all appear to be female SFF-8463 on one end to male SFF-8087 on the other end. Any help that folks can offer is much appreciated. Thank you in advance. Kevin [Edited for clarity.] Edited February 24, 20206 yr by kolepard
February 24, 20206 yr Why change HBA ? Reverse cables should exist if one end is SATA connector. That means no forward/reverse need concern in this case. Anyway I never see those cable which you need. Edited February 24, 20206 yr by Benson
February 24, 20206 yr Author I'm using 8 drives currently, and if I need to add more, I need an HBA that supports more than 8 drives, as the motherboard only has 1 PCI slot. Kevin Edited February 24, 20206 yr by kolepard
February 25, 20206 yr Cables like that should be very difficult to find, you could use something like this: then Though total length from HBA to drives should be max 1 meter, assuming SATA drives without a SAS expander on the backplane.
February 26, 20206 yr Author On 2/25/2020 at 1:53 AM, johnnie.black said: Cables like that should be very difficult to find, you could use something like this: then Though total length from HBA to drives should be max 1 meter, assuming SATA drives without a SAS expander on the backplane. What are those? Can you suggest source or search terms? Thank you! Kevin
February 26, 20206 yr @johnnie.black sorry to ask, but wouldn't be cable like this much simpler? https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Internal-Mini-SAS-SFF-8087-to-Mini-SAS-SFF-8643-HD-High-Density-Data-50cm-Cable/183919513328?hash=item2ad2750ef0:g:NUAAAOSwAaRdB0Gq
February 26, 20206 yr Author 17 minutes ago, uldise said: @johnnie.black sorry to ask, but wouldn't be cable like this much simpler? https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Internal-Mini-SAS-SFF-8087-to-Mini-SAS-SFF-8643-HD-High-Density-Data-50cm-Cable/183919513328?hash=item2ad2750ef0:g:NUAAAOSwAaRdB0Gq The problem with that is that the 8087 end is male, and I need an end that is SFF-8087 female to connect with the cables I have. Thanks for looking for me, though. I appreciate the help. Kevin
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