Hi all, I've ordered a Flexbay / rear backplane chassis for my DELL R720xd (0JDG3).
I understand that its intended use and installation is an "extension" of the main SAS expander (mine is a single 12x3.5" LFF).
However, I've seen other postings that it is possible to connect the Flexbay to a dedicated HBA, which is my intention (main chassis on 6Gbs controller for ZFS passthrough, rear chassis for ESXI datastore).
Question: Will the Flexbay connect as a SAS expander, or SAS direct?
I'm hoping to use a 12Gbs SAS3 controller with SAS3 SSD disks.
Thanks in advance - Kim
I understand that its intended use and installation is an "extension" of the main SAS expander (mine is a single 12x3.5" LFF).
However, I've seen other postings that it is possible to connect the Flexbay to a dedicated HBA, which is my intention (main chassis on 6Gbs controller for ZFS passthrough, rear chassis for ESXI datastore).
Question: Will the Flexbay connect as a SAS expander, or SAS direct?
I'm hoping to use a 12Gbs SAS3 controller with SAS3 SSD disks.
Thanks in advance - Kim