I have a Supermicro chassis CSE-217HQ-R1K62MBP (4x servers) with motherboard X9DRT-HF+-NI22. The motherboard has 2x PCI-e slots that are priority Supermicro micro-low profile. The add-on cards they sell seem to be network only, no HBA's. The servers have a backplane with a LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2. I also have an external storage chassis NORCO RPC-4224 with an HP SAS Expander card. The HP SAS Expander card has an sff-8088 external port while the Supermicro chassis on the front has an internal SFF-8482 (I think, correct me if I'm wrong).
I want to connect the internal SAS slot on the Supermicro to the external HP SAS Expander card. I think I need a reverse breakout cable but 1) I cannot find one and 2) all the internal cables I've seen aren't long enough (need 2 meters). How can I accomplish this?
I want to connect the internal SAS slot on the Supermicro to the external HP SAS Expander card. I think I need a reverse breakout cable but 1) I cannot find one and 2) all the internal cables I've seen aren't long enough (need 2 meters). How can I accomplish this?