So, I've got one of those 2U rackable systems boxes that has a KFSN4-DRE/SAS board in it. Slowly have come to terms with the unnerving fact that the onboard LSI 1064E is a piece of junk. I can't monitor it even by command line in ESXi 5.5--so I don't know if I have a drive failure.
I want to drop in a IBM M1015 card that I've got laying around, but as some may know, the connection on the back of the 4x drive cage in this case is in fact a SFF-8087. The connector on the M1015 is also SFF-8087.
I've heard that to connect two things like this, you'd need a 'backplane cable'. Alright, but how can I know if what I'm buying is?
For example, this Mini SAS 36 Pin to Mini SAS 36 Pin SFF 8087 Data Cable | eBay
Would that work? The box I want to put it in is like this Rackable 2U Server 2X AMD Opteron 2218 2 6GHz Dual Core 16GB KFSN4 Dre 2X 500GB | eBay
Except I threw out the terrible 2218s and put in 2356s and upgraded it to 64GB of RAM.
I want to drop in a IBM M1015 card that I've got laying around, but as some may know, the connection on the back of the 4x drive cage in this case is in fact a SFF-8087. The connector on the M1015 is also SFF-8087.
I've heard that to connect two things like this, you'd need a 'backplane cable'. Alright, but how can I know if what I'm buying is?
For example, this Mini SAS 36 Pin to Mini SAS 36 Pin SFF 8087 Data Cable | eBay
Would that work? The box I want to put it in is like this Rackable 2U Server 2X AMD Opteron 2218 2 6GHz Dual Core 16GB KFSN4 Dre 2X 500GB | eBay
Except I threw out the terrible 2218s and put in 2356s and upgraded it to 64GB of RAM.
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