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I've sent an email out, looking forward to filling out some slots in one of my H12 builds.
Supermicro have it in their arsenal now - AOC-SLG4-4E4T
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I've sent an email out, looking forward to filling out some slots in one of my H12 builds.
Now available for purchase at Wiredzone
www.wiredzone.com
Would love to know if these work with the H12SSL boards....
Supermicro 4-Port M.2 NVMe Add-on Card Gen4 PCIe x16, AOC-SLG4-4E4T
4-Port NVMe Retimer Host Bus Adapter PCIe Gen4 x16, RoHS
Would love to know if these work with the H12SSL boards....
They list them only compatible with a couple x12 boards, but it is for sure worth the test!Now available for purchase at Wiredzone
Supermicro 4-Port M.2 NVMe Add-on Card Gen4 PCIe x16, AOC-SLG4-4E4T
4-Port NVMe Retimer Host Bus Adapter PCIe Gen4 x16, RoHS
Would love to know if these work with the H12SSL boards....
I use the older generation NVME AOC in various boards, no issues.
The certain model was very picky though, while the other was not.
For $150 I would test it out
and order it if I had the cables, where are those available now ?I've been interacting with SM a bit on this card and last week they were validating it with some H12 systems. I'm guessing they're not done because they don't show any H12 systems in the validated list yet.
What kind of connectors are those anyway? The user guide just says "Internal NVMe SlimSAS". Are those SFF-8654?
What kind of connectors are those anyway? The user guide just says "Internal NVMe SlimSAS". Are those SFF-8654?
looks like that. and you need some brake-out cable to connect 4 nvme.. but which ones?
Slimline SAS - SAS / SATA - Cables
I'm interested in the upcoming Icy Dock trays that support PCIe 4.0. Apparently they will be available in the next month or so and will be using OCulink SFF-9402.
I'm not familiar with SFF-9402....I *think* it's similar to SFF-8612 but possibly with a different pinout to support both NVMe and SAS.
I'm not familiar with SFF-9402....I *think* it's similar to SFF-8612 but possibly with a different pinout to support both NVMe and SAS.
Haven't found any distribution in Europe which has the device in stock.
Connector seems to be SFF-8654 8i.
Which chassis do you use for NVMe?
We only found CSE-829HAC12-R1K62LPB which has (more than 4) 12x NVMe as U.2 connector.
Manual BPN-SAS3-LA26A-N12.pdf
Also found this interesting thread about SFF-8654:
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/sas-4-0-pci-e-4-0-upcoming-24gbps-new-hba’s-and-raid-cards-slimsas-my-new-“cables”-and-the-new-sff-connector-the-future-is-here-bois.32425/
Connector seems to be SFF-8654 8i.
Which chassis do you use for NVMe?
We only found CSE-829HAC12-R1K62LPB which has (more than 4) 12x NVMe as U.2 connector.
The above chassi has the BPN-SAS3-LA26A-N12 backplane which also uses SFF-8654 8i on the backplane to connect two U.2 with one 8i cable.
Manual BPN-SAS3-LA26A-N12.pdf
Also found this interesting thread about SFF-8654:
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/sas-4-0-pci-e-4-0-upcoming-24gbps-new-hba’s-and-raid-cards-slimsas-my-new-“cables”-and-the-new-sff-connector-the-future-is-here-bois.32425/
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I'm new to NVMe but kinda committed to the desktop tower configuration. I have a handful of cases with 9 open 5.25" bays so the 5.25 bay kits like Icy Dock should work for me. I just wish there were other options besides Icy Dock. I'm surprised Supermicro hasn't made a 5.25" bay NVMe kit yet.
Definitely gory! I had seen this previously but re-skimmed it and it seems to say that SFF-9402 standardizes how various cables are wired. (Before this spec, some manufacturers would do it differently than others.)
So what I think I'm looking for is an SFF-8654 8i to 2x OCulink SFF-8611 cable that conforms to the SFF-9402 spec. I have yet to find one but maybe my Google-fu is weak.
I *think* this also means that the Supermicro SFF-8654 8i ports need to conform to the SFF-9402 spec, right?
I described the hardware above: https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...r-arsenal-now-aoc-slg4-4e4t.31913/post-303530
I have ordered the cables from Alibaba :Slim Sas 8654 8i To Sff-8654 74p Server Chassis Internal Sas4.0 Cable - Buy Server Chassis Cable,Slim Sas Cable Product on Alibaba.com
They were a bit short for this chassis but worked for us.
There are also two new chassis "coming soon" from supermicro with 12x NVMe:
FYI there seems to be no straight connector cable for these cards sold by supermicro, according to their support, if you want to connect this to a BPN-SAS3-826EL1-N4 (which is the only NVME backplane you can get your hands on at the moment). Only the right angled CBL-SAST-0826 exists and you cannot connect more than one of these cables to this card. as the wire goes straight up and blocks the other port.
I've tried some straight cables from ebay and they don't work. Something is wired differently with the ones not intended for NVMe.
I've tried some straight cables from ebay and they don't work. Something is wired differently with the ones not intended for NVMe.
Those are probably wired specifically for the Broadcom 05-60001-00 pin-out. That is a tri-mode cable designed for the 9500 HBAs which will not work with this card. You need to use a cable with a pinout for NVMe, like this.