Sata Cables for this MoBo?

[IamSpartacus]

Can someone tell me what cables I need to connect the two ports on the motherboard two 8 Sata drives? I assume there are ?>4xSATA cables I just can't seem to determine what kind of connectors those are on the board.

X11SPM-TPF | Motherboards | Products - Super Micro Computer, Inc.

 

[pcmoore]

It's hard to tell from the picture, but some quick googling reveals that those are SFF-8087.

Supermicro X11SPM-TF - SATA connectivity

 

[kapone]

The ports look like standard SFF-8087 ports.

 

[IamSpartacus]

It's hard to tell from the picture, but some quick googling reveals that those are SFF-8087.

Supermicro X11SPM-TF - SATA connectivity

The ports look like standard SFF-8087 ports.

Thank you!

 

[EffrafaxOfWug]

Just to clarify on the type of cable, as it comes in two different sorts - forward breakout and reverse breakout, as these connectors aren't bidirectional.

Forward breakout turns an HBA 8087 into four SATA ports - this is the one you want.
Reverse breakout turns four SATA ports on the motherboard into a single 8087 connector.

 

[vl1969]

I just have to chime in here.
Not all 8087 are the same.
Apparently there are at least 2 types. Where the 8087 connector is different size. They look the same but one is 1/2 inch wide and the other is 3/4 inch. I had to return 3 eBay orders before I found the right one.

Get the part number from SM website and search by it.

 

[EffrafaxOfWug]

The higher-res pic in the manual certainly looks like an SFF-8087 port, although of course it helpfully neglects to mention it by part name

Apparently there are at least 2 types. Where the 8087 connector is different size. They look the same but one is 1/2 inch wide and the other is 3/4 inch. I had to return 3 eBay orders before I found the right one.

Have you got any pics of this? I don't understand how an 8087 connector can be two different sizes, suspect someone's got confused with either an 8088 or an 8643 (I've seen 8643 connectors erroneously labelled as 8087's before).

 

[nthu9280]

Sff-8087 is a defined standard.

eBay sellers might be incorrectly labeled OEM proprietery cables as SAS cables.
I've seen HP/Dell/IBM have some custom connectors and SAS cables.

 

[vl1969]

I do not know. But I had ordered what was described as sff8087 breakout cables 3 times. From 3 different sellers and got the same cables all 3 times.
It looks exactly as sff 8087. But the connector is smaller. It fits into the socket but is too narrow.
I only got the right cable by searching using supermicro part number. Since I needed 8 of them it was a choire.