malcolmputer
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I just purchased myself a fancy SC846E16-R1200B with the SAS2-846EL1.
I have a M1015 and a couple of SFF-8087 cables.
In the SAS2-846EL manual page 2-1 it lists all of the SFF ports, and I have the EL1 model which has ports 7, 8, and 9. I read through the manual and it never tells you why there are three connections. 7 is always shown connected to the HBA and 8 is show in cascade configurations, but 9 is never used. Does 9 have a purpose?
I guess my question is, with a M1015 should I just run one cable to 7? Is there some way to utilize the extra four SAS2 lanes, or am I stuck with only 24Gbit?
I don't have another chassis for cascade, and I am using SATA discs so I don't care about fail-over etc.
I have a M1015 and a couple of SFF-8087 cables.
In the SAS2-846EL manual page 2-1 it lists all of the SFF ports, and I have the EL1 model which has ports 7, 8, and 9. I read through the manual and it never tells you why there are three connections. 7 is always shown connected to the HBA and 8 is show in cascade configurations, but 9 is never used. Does 9 have a purpose?
I guess my question is, with a M1015 should I just run one cable to 7? Is there some way to utilize the extra four SAS2 lanes, or am I stuck with only 24Gbit?
I don't have another chassis for cascade, and I am using SATA discs so I don't care about fail-over etc.