So I just bought a SuperMicro CSE-846 with a SAS846TQ backplane. It came pre-installed with 5 CBL-0278L SFF-8087 forward breakout SATA cables with sideband connector, and 1 CBL-0288L SFF-8087 forward breakout SATA cable with sideband connector.
I'm guessing that it was designed to connect to a RAID card with the SFF-8087 ports on the rear of the card, since they're too short to reach the vertically mounted SFF-8087 ports on the IBM M1015 I just picked up.
For now, I've removed the top of the chassis and directly connected one of the cables so that I can get some tests done on the HDDs that I bought. But I need a better solution.
Do I just buy new cables? Which ones? Or can I get an extension?
Help appreciated!
I'm guessing that it was designed to connect to a RAID card with the SFF-8087 ports on the rear of the card, since they're too short to reach the vertically mounted SFF-8087 ports on the IBM M1015 I just picked up.
For now, I've removed the top of the chassis and directly connected one of the cables so that I can get some tests done on the HDDs that I bought. But I need a better solution.
Do I just buy new cables? Which ones? Or can I get an extension?
Help appreciated!