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[Rick Arman]

You're right. I meant the cable, the harness used

 

[danb35]

I am pretty sure that chassis has an expander built into the backplane.

Doubt it (OP didn't specify which exact chassis, so we can't know for sure)--if it did, OP wouldn't need a second HBA. But still there'd be no need for an expander. The motherboard has a built-in HBA, and OP's plugged in another one. Cabling would depend on whether the chassis includes a -A or a -TQ backplane--if the latter, it would simply be four SAS cables; if the former, four SAS breakout cables.

 

[gman2017]

I have the BPN-SAS-836TQ backplane which is the 16-port SAS SATA Backplane. I am using breakout cables to connect to the onboard and PCIe HBA.

 

[Rick Arman]

if I have a X10SRH-CLN4F-O, mobo, how do I connect 12 drives to it? i know it has 10 sata ports and 8 SAS ports (via broadcom controller). what kind of cabling would I need to connect the 8 SATA drives to the SAS connectors?

 

[Ericloewe]

if I have a X10SRH-CLN4F-O, mobo, how do I connect 12 drives to it? i know it has 10 sata ports and 8 SAS ports (via broadcom controller). what kind of cabling would I need to connect the 8 SATA drives to the SAS connectors?

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/dont-be-afraid-to-be-sas-sy.48/
SFF-8643 breakout cables.

 

[Rick Arman]

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/dont-be-afraid-to-be-sas-sy.48/
SFF-8643 breakout cables.

thanks!

 

[gman2017]

Here is the link to the build log I mentioned: https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...node-304-x10sdv-tln4f-esxi-freenas-aio.57116/
@Stux talks about how to over provision the drive and gives a lot of advice I think will serve you well if you take the time to read it.

I just got a great deal on an used Intel SSD DC P3700 400GB drive.. Should have it by the end of the week.