I picked up a T3600 for cheap this weekend, and it has an H310 card, that looks like it can be flashed to 9211-8i. The problem is that the T3600 has almost no storage inside. I do have a Sans Digital 8 bay, dual sata connectors that I can use for storage. Is there a cable or converter to go from the SFF8087 to an e-sata cable,/bracket or sata cable that I could wire up the to case, that would allow me to use the card externally with the 2 sata ports (would have to support port multipiers)?

Edited February 25, 20206 yr by mrmarkfr

Pretty sure LSI HBAs won't work with SATA port multipliers, even if they did it wouldn't be recommended, they do work with a SAS expander, internal or external, and those can use SATA devices, though it would mean a new enclosure.