I'm migrating my NAS from a Rosewill RSV-L4500 to a Supermicro 847BE1C chassis. This is the one I will use:
Supermicro CSE-847BE1C-R1K28LPB
I will reuse the the cpu, memory, SAS HBA, and disks from the current system.
Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLH-F
HBA: IBM M1015
Requirements
R1) Connect the M1015 to both front and rear backplanes.
R2) Install two 2.5" drives inside the chassis using the internal drive bay(s).
R3) Add the optional dual 2.5" disk hotswap cages on the rear of the chassis (immediately to the right of the power supplies).
R4) Have "enclosure features" on the backplanes working so that I can identify drives via LED.
R5) All cabling up to SAS3 standards. I plan to upgrade to an SAS3 HBA at some point.
R6) All fans that are PWM should be controlled by the motherboard in variable speed mode.
Plan
Connect two ports of the HBA to the front backplane using two SFF-8087 to SAS HD cables.
Connect the remaining two ports from the front backplane to the rear backplane using two SAS HD to SAS HD cables.
M1015 -> front backplane -> rear backplane
Open Questions
Q1) Is my plan to connect the HBA and backplanes the right way to do it?
Q2) What length SAS cables do I need?
Q2) Do I need Supermicro MCP-220-84701-0N to mount two 2.5" drives in the internal bay?
Q3) Is Supermicro MCP-220-84701-0N the correct accessory to add the rear 2.5" hotswap bays?
Q4) What do I have to do to enable enclosure management features, specifically the drive identification LED's? Is it possible with my HBA? Do I need SAS cables with sideband?
Q5) Do I need to buy any additional cabling/splitters to connect all of the chassis fans to my motherboard?
Q6) Do I need any miscellaneous cables for power to motherboard, backplanes, 2.5" rear hotswap, etc. Any cables that I missed anywhere?
It would be great if I could get exact recommendations (with part numbers) for the SAS cables.
Thanks for reading!
Supermicro CSE-847BE1C-R1K28LPB
I will reuse the the cpu, memory, SAS HBA, and disks from the current system.
Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLH-F
HBA: IBM M1015
Requirements
R1) Connect the M1015 to both front and rear backplanes.
R2) Install two 2.5" drives inside the chassis using the internal drive bay(s).
R3) Add the optional dual 2.5" disk hotswap cages on the rear of the chassis (immediately to the right of the power supplies).
R4) Have "enclosure features" on the backplanes working so that I can identify drives via LED.
R5) All cabling up to SAS3 standards. I plan to upgrade to an SAS3 HBA at some point.
R6) All fans that are PWM should be controlled by the motherboard in variable speed mode.
Plan
Connect two ports of the HBA to the front backplane using two SFF-8087 to SAS HD cables.
Connect the remaining two ports from the front backplane to the rear backplane using two SAS HD to SAS HD cables.
M1015 -> front backplane -> rear backplane
Open Questions
Q1) Is my plan to connect the HBA and backplanes the right way to do it?
Q2) What length SAS cables do I need?
Q2) Do I need Supermicro MCP-220-84701-0N to mount two 2.5" drives in the internal bay?
Q3) Is Supermicro MCP-220-84701-0N the correct accessory to add the rear 2.5" hotswap bays?
Q4) What do I have to do to enable enclosure management features, specifically the drive identification LED's? Is it possible with my HBA? Do I need SAS cables with sideband?
Q5) Do I need to buy any additional cabling/splitters to connect all of the chassis fans to my motherboard?
Q6) Do I need any miscellaneous cables for power to motherboard, backplanes, 2.5" rear hotswap, etc. Any cables that I missed anywhere?
It would be great if I could get exact recommendations (with part numbers) for the SAS cables.
Thanks for reading!