HP P410i SAS Card

m4cc45 · 19 Mar 2012 at 17:51

Hi,

I have several spare HP P410i cards.

I was thinking I could chuck one in my home PC (PCIe x8 which I have spare on my motherboard).

The only thing that's missing are the cables - I'm wondering if anyone knew or had a link to the cables to use to connect to the 2.5" SAS drives.

Thanks,

M.

PistolPete · 19 Mar 2012 at 18:15

You need a 2x SFF-8087 forward breakout cable. Make sure it's not a reverse breakout (they look the same) as it wont work.

m4cc45 · 19 Mar 2012 at 18:42

So something like:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DeLOCK-cabl...0JQA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1332182510&sr=8-5

?

M.

Essexraptor · 20 Mar 2012 at 00:08

No

this explains what he means

http://www.vividomaha.com/blog/2011...7-reverse-breakout-forward-breakout-crossover

just google "2x SFF-8087" it will lead you to something that looks a bit different to that

m4cc45 · 20 Mar 2012 at 08:06

Thanks mate it is confusing but got my head around it!

M.

RimBlock · 20 Mar 2012 at 09:49

The ones you linked to should be fine.

I got a set for a customer for linking a IBM M1015 to 4xSAS drives.

I have not come across reverse cables with SFF-8482 SAS connectors, not saying they do not exist however, so you should be pretty safe.

RB

PistolPete · 20 Mar 2012 at 10:25

Only go with SFF8482 connectors if your power supply has 4pin molex power connecters.

If you have regular SATA power connectors, go for a regular forward breakout cable such as this:
http://www.extremepcs.co.uk/sas-cable-n-adapter/9650-startech-com-sas8087s450-0065030841672.html

(Mods: I have not found OCUK selling these cables so I assume it's OK to post the link - if not, please remove)

m4cc45 · 20 Mar 2012 at 17:33

Thanks guys!

I notice that the connector above, PistolPete, connects to SATA and not SAS - are they the same connectors then?

M.

RimBlock · 21 Mar 2012 at 02:53

Nope they are not. SAS drives will not connect to SATA connections but SATA drives can connect to SAS connections.

I had a customer who purchased a SAS card from me and I supplied the a 4xSATA cable for him but he came back stating he had SAS drives so I had to change it to a 4xSAS breakout cable.

RB

PistolPete · 21 Mar 2012 at 12:33

Ah yes, it's a SATA only cable and will not work with SAS drives due to the bridged gap between the power and data connectors.
Should have read the first post correctly - I misread the SAS as SATA.

SFF8482 cables it is!!