I have S2600CP board with 4x SATA3Gb ports and 2x SATA6Gb ports
I have P4000M case with 16 hot swap bays on 4x backplanes. Each backplane have SAS connector.
I have 2x SATA->SAS cables, they both have 4 SATA connectors + SGPIO
But on board I have only 1 SGPIO connector. Is that optional?
So, question is. If I want to maximize usage of front panel - how should I connect SATA to SAS?
I want to run system disk, some smaller SSD with Win server 2012 and I think it's not critical if it's on SATA3?
From what I understand:
1. First cable goes from 4x SATA3 ports to backplane 1. I can put disk anywhere (up to 4) and will get 3G
2. Second cable goes from 2x SATA6 ports to backplane 2. It means 2 SATA ends will be handing. Is that OK? Will I get 6g on backplane 2?
3. Do I understand all that correctly? Do I need to plug in SGPIO cable and if I do from which cable?
4. When I install OS and SDD is in backplane 1, will windows be OK with it? Won't it confuse BIOS? How are they going to be numbered?
Thank you!
I have P4000M case with 16 hot swap bays on 4x backplanes. Each backplane have SAS connector.
I have 2x SATA->SAS cables, they both have 4 SATA connectors + SGPIO
But on board I have only 1 SGPIO connector. Is that optional?
So, question is. If I want to maximize usage of front panel - how should I connect SATA to SAS?
I want to run system disk, some smaller SSD with Win server 2012 and I think it's not critical if it's on SATA3?
From what I understand:
1. First cable goes from 4x SATA3 ports to backplane 1. I can put disk anywhere (up to 4) and will get 3G
2. Second cable goes from 2x SATA6 ports to backplane 2. It means 2 SATA ends will be handing. Is that OK? Will I get 6g on backplane 2?
3. Do I understand all that correctly? Do I need to plug in SGPIO cable and if I do from which cable?
4. When I install OS and SDD is in backplane 1, will windows be OK with it? Won't it confuse BIOS? How are they going to be numbered?
Thank you!