HGST SAS Drive not working

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amimul

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Mar 25, 2021
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Hi Everyone,
I have 6 HGST SAS drives(got it free) model - HUS156060VLS600. I have never used any SAS drives in the past; hence requesting help from you guys please.

With plans in mind to use them, I bought a SAS card LSI8708EM2. I have installed the card on HP Z400 workstation which has 475w PSU.

When I boot, I can get into the LSI Card bios but cannot see the the SAS drives being identified and also noticed that the HDDs were not spinning at all. The LSI card I bought was from ebay came with the SAS Drive connetor - Mini SAS 36 Pin SFF-8087 to 4 SAS 29 Pin SFF-8482 Cable with 15P SATA Power. Is this the correct cable I am using?

I doubt the SAS drives are faulty. Not sure if this LSI Card needs more powerful PSU ? Would you say this LSI8708EM2 card is not compatible for these SAS HDDs?

What would be your expert suggestion please?
 

Whaaat

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Mini SAS 36 Pin SFF-8087 to 4 SAS 29 Pin SFF-8482 Cable with 15P SATA Power. Is this the correct cable I am using?
Once I've had troubles detecting drives connected via such a chinese cable. Only 2 out of 8 ports were operational. Start with replacing the cable first.
 

amimul

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Thank you for your suggestion.

Suggest to try this cable then? And this cable support both Data and Power?

Would you say the card has no compatibility issue with these HDDs, right?

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amimul

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Hi,

I have sorted the connection problem and now can see the drive on LSI8708EM2 BIOS.

Will I be able to install Win10 on this SAS Drive? Is there any steps/links you can suggest please?

Thanks