SFF-8643 vs SFF-8087 HDD Status LED

[Morsema]

Im trying to build a new NAS and I want the status LED's to function to indicate a failed drive or RAID rebuild activity.

Is there a consumer NAS chassis that supports these LED's on the backplane? If not, is there a server chassis that would look good on furniture and not in a rack that would support this feature?

I have read that SFF-8643 does NOT require a sideband connector but SFF-8087 does, is that right?

You guys are awesome thanks for the help.

 

[Ericloewe]

SFF-8643 and SFF-8087, as well as their external equivalents, are all electrically equivalent. That means four SAS channels plus side and in one cable.

Is there a consumer NAS chassis that supports these LED's on the backplane?

It is a reasonably common feature on 5.25" HDD cages, but will require fiddling with both hardware and software.

If not, is there a server chassis that would look good on furniture

That's something you're never going to find, I'm afraid.

Im trying to build a new NAS and I want the status LED's to function to indicate a failed drive or RAID rebuild activity.

Have you searched the forums? There are a few threads that discuss this, but results are mixed.