So I'm looking at getting a IBM 6Gb/s SAS HBA (LSI 9212-4i4e) to connect to a HP SAS expander in a Norco 4224 chassis via the SFF-8088 port. Which should all be fine.
However the HBA has 4 internal SATA ports, but I have a HGST SAS SSD that I'd ideally like to plug in directly to the HBA rather than through the expander, my question is can I just run a sata cable from the HBA SATA port to the SAS port on the SSD or do I need a specific adapter, or will it just not work at all?
Have tried searching all over with no results so hope someone here has the answer.
However the HBA has 4 internal SATA ports, but I have a HGST SAS SSD that I'd ideally like to plug in directly to the HBA rather than through the expander, my question is can I just run a sata cable from the HBA SATA port to the SAS port on the SSD or do I need a specific adapter, or will it just not work at all?
Have tried searching all over with no results so hope someone here has the answer.