kolepard Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 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, 2020 by kolepard Quote Link to comment
Vr2Io Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 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, 2020 by Benson Quote Link to comment
kolepard Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 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, 2020 by kolepard Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment
kolepard Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 SFF-8643 to SFF-8088 cable + SFF-8088 to SFF-8087 adapter Quote Link to comment
kolepard Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 Thank you very much for your help! Kevin Quote Link to comment
uldise Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 @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 Quote Link to comment
kolepard Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment
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