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    Converting an HP DL380e Gen8 14xLFF Server to a Disk Shelf

    A quick update. I resigned myself to the fact that you can't daisy chain these backplanes. Some backplanes do support this, so if you need daisy chaining then you'll want to look elsewhere. From what I can gather, a backplane will usually have a dual expander if it supports daisy chaining, so...
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    Converting an HP DL380e Gen8 14xLFF Server to a Disk Shelf

    Thanks @omegadraconis and @amp88! I decided to just leave the ears on for convenience. About the caddies, I already had some but I didn't want to spend about $10 each for more, so instead I've used caddies just for the middle row of bays. This way it's easy to pull any drive out (at most you...
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    Converting an HP DL380e Gen8 14xLFF Server to a Disk Shelf

    Thank you @amp88 and @omegadraconis for the invaluable information in this thread. I've got a couple of DL380p gen8 servers that are basically only being used for storage now (with 12xLFF cage in each). With the huge rise in electricity prices here in the UK, and with two 12-core CPUs in each...