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    Dual Port with LSI Megaraid

    Please I need some help with this if you know what I need to do to get dual ports to show in device manager please let me know
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    Urgent Help Required

    Any help setting up multi pathing with mpio is needed please
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    Urgent Help Required

    Ok so the st4000nm0074 dual port hdd has arrived and so has the dual port cable from lsi i361-8i to the Seagate hdd . I have installed windows server 2016 and enabled MPIO. There are heaps of videos and help setting up mpio to a ip array but NO videos or help on dual pathing a internal hdd ...
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    I am back , I have a dual port sas hdd and dual port cable connected to a 9361-8i. Can you help me setup MPIO to connect dual path to this hard drive ?
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    Dual Port with LSI Megaraid

    Hi I am new to windows server 2016. I am trying to setup dual port to 1 x ST4000nm0074 4tb hdd via a megaraid 9361-8i card. This megaraid card is internal to my z820 and I am using dual port cables. I have enabled MPIO in features, and checked the boxes iSCSI + SAS in MPIO properties...
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    Urgent Help Required

    ok so here's what i am going to do first i am going to order : 4 x Dual port 12gb/s 4tb hdds 2 x SFF-8643 to SFF-8680 x2 cable 1 x SFF-8643 to SFF-8680 x4 cable When they arrive i will test both cables out and compare read and write speeds and the dual port functionality on Win 10. The reason...
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    Urgent Help Required

    This is the deal ! PC = z820 I ordered a 9361-8i 2gb ( 8 ports : made up of 1 x SFF-8643 to 4 x SFF-8680 ports ) x 2 The SFF-8680 can be brought as 2 cables : 1) dual port : SFF-8643 to SFF-8680 x2 ( the dual ports are using the 4 total ports/ 2 x SAS hdds only) : HD Mini-SAS Cables (12Gb/s)...
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    ZeusRAM - anyone know of a cheaper cable option for dual SAS?

    Hi Can someone tell me once I have a dual port sas st4000nm0025 connected via the SFF-8680 dual port cable to my lsi 9361-8i what I need to do in Windows 10 to set this up properly please ?
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    ZeusRAM under $300 BO on Ebay

    Hi I realise this is a old thread. I am wondering if there is anything software related that needs to be done to utilise a dual ports on a workstation. Win 10 ? I am planning to buy a dual port 12Gb/s sas drive and a dual port SFF-8680 cable going to a purchased lsi 9361-8i 12Gb/s card. I...
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    Imgur: The magic of the Internet After all that it was the right cable , see image link above. It clearly shows the second sas port 2 and where it is situated in the SAS backplane on the oppositee side. That’s great news so here is a chart of the cables ...
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    Could u provide a link to a special cable or thread regarding this I am trying to understand the method of how I would achieve this ? Thanks
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    I think that’s the wrong special cable your taking about, it’s 11pm here in Perth I am off with the fairies. Thanks for all the info very much appreciated. Tomorrow I will google my brains out trying to understand how this works or what cable I need which will help me understand it.
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    So basically every dual port SAS hard drive has two ports on the sas connector. So that special cable splits a sas connector into 2 ports. WOW is that correct ! What do I need to do this please don’t tell me another 9361-8i ? Can’t I do this with just one 9361-8i or am I limited to only 4 x...
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    So is dual port just for 2 different devices accessing the sam sas drive or is dual port two pathways to the same pc to increase speed ? Sorry I am not understanding what dual port does in lamens sas newbie terms
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    Can you give help me understand the theory of this is there a drawing of the connections so I can see what your saying ? I am thinking 9361-8i outputs to 2 single expanders and each expander outputs to 4 x sas 12Gb/s drives ? Is that right ? Is MPIO a driver in Windows 10 or a Microsoft add...
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    12Gbs SAS, What Does it Mean for SATA? | RackTop Nice explanation !
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    I am using a 960 or 950 pro for c drive and the array is going to be my DAW library Samples etc On my current z800 my 950 pro has read 1600mb/s and write 900mb/s under PCIe 2.0. I am hoping with the Z820 which is on its way I will get full bandwidth of the 950 pro through PCIe 3.0 2500/1600...
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    Two of the three drives above are sata 6Gb/s, so I am considering sata but also I have to weigh in costs and the three are available in bulk cheap with good enough specs for raid 0 array of 8. HGST Deskstar :https://www.hgst.com/sites/default/files/resources/DS_NAS_spec.pdf The results are...
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    Lsi Megaraid 9361-81 / ST4000NM0035 or ST4000NM0025

    1) ST4000NM0025 : https://www.seagate.com/www-content/product-content/enterprise-hdd-fam/enterprise-capacity-3-5-hdd/enterprise-capacity-3-5-hdd/en-us/docs/100793635b.pdf Page 15: 128mb cache 12Gb/s Max Sustainable Transfer Rate 2226mb/s Maximum Internal data rate. 236mb/s SAS...