New LSI 9400 Series NVMe HBA
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I just ordered one from Newegg.
Should be here by the 19th.
LSI SAS 9400-16i x8 lane PCI Express 3.1 SAS Tri-Mode Storage Adapter - Newegg.com
Should be here by the 19th.
LSI SAS 9400-16i x8 lane PCI Express 3.1 SAS Tri-Mode Storage Adapter - Newegg.com
There is a 16x lane version but it is for external storage.
Would like to see a review of these and the RAID version the . MegaRAID 9460-16i
Would like to see a review of these and the RAID version the . MegaRAID 9460-16i
Finally received a working card-
So far I have only checked it with sata drives on my sas backplane, all the drives that where running on a lsi 9305 are working great on the 9400.
I have an issue with the nvme though, I have not tested it yet- my issue is accordind to the user guide
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Many Grantley and Purley generation backplanes that support NVMe use white Mini SAS HD connectors to indicate
which connectors are for NVMe and which are for SAS/SATA. The backplanes have the protocol screen printed on the
backplane near the connectors.
The pinout in this table is not the pinout used on the Broadcom Tri-Mode adapter. For Tri-Mode versatility (support for SAS and NVMe),
the adapters follow the SFF-9402 pinout.
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My nvme backplane is an a2u44x25nvmedk2 and my cables have the white connectors, does anyone know if there is a cable that will work?
So far I have only checked it with sata drives on my sas backplane, all the drives that where running on a lsi 9305 are working great on the 9400.
I have an issue with the nvme though, I have not tested it yet- my issue is accordind to the user guide
****
Many Grantley and Purley generation backplanes that support NVMe use white Mini SAS HD connectors to indicate
which connectors are for NVMe and which are for SAS/SATA. The backplanes have the protocol screen printed on the
backplane near the connectors.
The pinout in this table is not the pinout used on the Broadcom Tri-Mode adapter. For Tri-Mode versatility (support for SAS and NVMe),
the adapters follow the SFF-9402 pinout.
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My nvme backplane is an a2u44x25nvmedk2 and my cables have the white connectors, does anyone know if there is a cable that will work?
I had test intel 750 1.2t and p3700 400g with the cable followed sff8643,It is conn't found driver..
Finally I found the cable (PN:05-50065-00)at lsi website and I had make an order at Span.com.
When I receive the cable,I will test and let you konw.
I had receive the cable（PN：05-50065-00），It can found nvme card（P3605 1.6t，P3700 400g）..
So,for the moment,It must use Lsi cable to use nvme driver.
any info on this? Ive *been* looking to do raid1 with 2x u.2 nvme (to vmware/esxi), as it appears this does have vmware drivers).
as far as i can tell, in seems this is the only way to get raid1 nvme on a vmware host (direct, local storage- not via a nas/san).
So far it seems (from replies in this thread):
you need to use a special LSI cable (expensive! 75-100$ each it looks like) to connect to any nvme via u.2
here is pict of the cable:
"+getMessage("iPrintVerKit")+"
I wonder if i could use the white tipped supermicro sff-8643 cables that go from my SM 4 port nvme card to my supermicro nvme backplane (its 12x sas3 backplane, 4x of which are nvme). EDIT; looks like NO YOU CANT USE the white tipped SM 8643 cable , i cant link to the PDF right now, but in an LSI PDF on this card, they say you cant, and risk damaging the nvme and/or the lsi card. (so you do have to use their expensive cable for nvme, ie ~$100 which connects to 2x nvme)
anyone have any info?
tks
as far as i can tell, in seems this is the only way to get raid1 nvme on a vmware host (direct, local storage- not via a nas/san).
So far it seems (from replies in this thread):
you need to use a special LSI cable (expensive! 75-100$ each it looks like) to connect to any nvme via u.2
here is pict of the cable:
"+getMessage("iPrintVerKit")+"
I wonder if i could use the white tipped supermicro sff-8643 cables that go from my SM 4 port nvme card to my supermicro nvme backplane (its 12x sas3 backplane, 4x of which are nvme). EDIT; looks like NO YOU CANT USE the white tipped SM 8643 cable , i cant link to the PDF right now, but in an LSI PDF on this card, they say you cant, and risk damaging the nvme and/or the lsi card. (so you do have to use their expensive cable for nvme, ie ~$100 which connects to 2x nvme)
anyone have any info?
tks
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