I recently purchased a CSE-836 that does not have any data cables. It has the SAS-836TQ backplane with 16 x SATA plugs so I figure I need 4 x SFF-8087 to SATA cables and a couple of LSI 8i HBAs.
The first question that comes to mind is -- how do people typically wire the backplane? Do you get 4 of the multi-length cables so each row is on its own controller or do you get 4 fixed-length cables, one for each column of drives? The backplane is 4 x 4 so either will work. The system had a FC card and a iSCSI card in it so it appeared the previous owner never even used the front drive bays.
I am hoping someone with a CSE-836 with a SAS 836TQ that has been factory wired can take a look and suggest how Supermicro cables this type of beast or whether people would recommend trying to change the SAS 836TQ to a SAS 836A to reduce the cabling.
The first question that comes to mind is -- how do people typically wire the backplane? Do you get 4 of the multi-length cables so each row is on its own controller or do you get 4 fixed-length cables, one for each column of drives? The backplane is 4 x 4 so either will work. The system had a FC card and a iSCSI card in it so it appeared the previous owner never even used the front drive bays.
I am hoping someone with a CSE-836 with a SAS 836TQ that has been factory wired can take a look and suggest how Supermicro cables this type of beast or whether people would recommend trying to change the SAS 836TQ to a SAS 836A to reduce the cabling.