I've got a pair of old Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers that have the Perc 6/I card installed. They're using a ribbon type cable to connect to the backplane.
Aside from the 2GB drive size limitation, there's no real issues with the servers so I'm wondering if I can install a slightly newer h200 or LSI card and get that limitation removed.
The problem I'm having is that the backplane uses a pair of ribbon cable to connect to the Perc. I've seen newer servers with SAS connectors in the backplane and they're using a ribbon-SFF adapter Cable to connect from the ribbon connector on the card to the SFF on the backplane. Can I go the other way?
I've added a couple pics of the connections to help clarify what i'm asking.
Aside from the 2GB drive size limitation, there's no real issues with the servers so I'm wondering if I can install a slightly newer h200 or LSI card and get that limitation removed.
The problem I'm having is that the backplane uses a pair of ribbon cable to connect to the Perc. I've seen newer servers with SAS connectors in the backplane and they're using a ribbon-SFF adapter Cable to connect from the ribbon connector on the card to the SFF on the backplane. Can I go the other way?
I've added a couple pics of the connections to help clarify what i'm asking.
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