SC846 Chassis - HBA Card Question

[W.Feather]

Hey all,

Ive had a SC846 for a while, finally got around to installing into it and found out that the HBA I have wont work with the cables pre-installed in the chassis due to location of the connections. I did a quick search and couldnt find any questions quite like this. Does anyone have a recommendation for a card? Will have 8x8TB, 6x4TB in the chassis to start. Motherboard is an ASRock X99 Extreme4. Edit: Should probably add I plan on running TrueNAS Scale if that affects recommendations.

Photos of where the cables end up in relation to the card:

Thanks,
-W.Feather

 

[BlueFox]

No need to replace the card. Just get longer cables. SFF8087 is what you need (on both ends). Example: Cable Matters Mini SAS To Mini SAS 36 Pin (SFF-8087) Cable 1m New Sealed Pack | eBay

 

[W.Feather]

No need to replace the card. Just get longer cables. SFF8087 is what you need (on both ends). Example: Cable Matters Mini SAS To Mini SAS 36 Pin (SFF-8087) Cable 1m New Sealed Pack | eBay

Dang ... I did not think of the simplest option ... That would tend to be the better method i imagine ordering some cables it is then. Thanks @BlueFox

 

[BlueFox]

Actually, one more thought before you do that. You should confirm that the connector on the other end is the same. There are various backplane types for that chassis.

 

[W.Feather]

Actually, one more thought before you do that. You should confirm that the connector on the other end is the same. There are various backplane types for that chassis.

Went ahead and ordered. Looking last night both ends looked the same, ill have to check this evening when I get home from the office. Ill snap a picture or two . Only thing different from SF8087 cables ive seen before was it had two grey wires on the run, not sure what is different for them.

 

[cesmith9999]

the 2 grey wires are for i2c connection to the backplane to the SAS card. for things like lighting up drives to when they fail. temps from the slot etc...

Chris

 

[W.Feather]

the 2 grey wires are for i2c connection to the backplane to the SAS card. for things like lighting up drives to when they fail. temps from the slot etc...

Chris

Ah that would make sense and seems quite nice to have....Is that going to require a specific HBA? My extent of using a RAID / HBA previously is with a breakout cable to SATA/SAS, this is my first step into a true chassis for data storage.

 

[W.Feather]

Actually, one more thought before you do that. You should confirm that the connector on the other end is the same. There are various backplane types for that chassis.

Took a look and confirmed 8087, so those cables should be good to go.

Is there a way to get i2c connection outside of the "combo" like cables that are currently installed?

 

[BlueFox]

Took a look and confirmed 8087, so those cables should be good to go.

Is there a way to get i2c connection outside of the "combo" like cables that are currently installed?

It has SGPIO. It's just covered by a sleeve unlike your Supermicro ones. You should be all set.