can u.2 nvme drives be plugged into a SAS controller board on my server?

[angel_bee]

Hi lovely people, I have a quick question - title says it all.

I am looking to buy an SSD but it has only U.2 connector. My server has a SAS backplane. Can I connect my SSD directly to it, just like I do with my SATA drives?

Thanks!

 

[BlueFox]

No, you cannot.

 

[hmw]

This should explain why - your SAS backplane is meant for a SAS connector - and that doesn’t have the pins required for NVMe (which connects to a PCIe bus)

The SATA, SAS & U.2 connectors are physically *similar* but very different electrically...

 

[angel_bee]

This should explain why - your SAS backplane is meant for a SAS connector - and that doesn’t have the pins required for NVMe (which connects to a PCIe bus)

The SATA, SAS & U.2 connectors are physically *similar* but very different electrically...

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aww dam ok. thanks for the explanation!