Hello all,
and thank you in advance to all that would read and respond.
I am migrating my X10SL7-F with 11 2TB drives into the SC826TQ chassis. I used a Rosewill case but got tired of having to power down, open, pull drive, replace, etc... So, I've already purchased this chassis and I thought it was going to be a straightforward plug and play. Silly me. I appear to not understand the purpose of SGPIO (sideband) or I2C connectors.
On page 2-2 of the 826TQ manual it states that I2C is used "to monitor HDD activity and status". The next page says SGPIO is the default setting and that each of the 3 headers requires an 8 pin sideband cable. Further, on page 2-5, manual states you can have either SGPIO (default) or I2C mode.
My system has been working quite okay in the old case with 8 drives plugged into the LSI2308 (IT mode) and the other 3 drives into ports 0, 1, 2 of the 6 conventional SATA ports. No issues at all that way. Moving to the chassis with the backplane I need some serious help.
The X10SL-F has 4x headers, 2x T-SGPIO 1/2 and 2x 6-SGPIO 1/2. On page 2-28 of the manual it states that the T-SGPIO 1/2 supports onboard SATA interface and the 6-SGPIO supports onboard SAS interface.
So, my questions are:
1. What is the purpose of SGPIO?
1. Do I just use 3x 8-pin to 8-pin sideband cables CBL-0157L and connect the SGPIO headers from the backplane to two of the 6-SGPIO (for the 8 SAS drives) and one of the T-SGPIO headers (for the 3 remaining SATA drives)? Would that even work?
2. I assume I can't mix and match I2C and SGPIO as jumper JP84 on the 826TQ sets the backplane to either SGPIO or I2C. Would it make only 8 SAS port connected drives operate properly?
3. Do I need to connect those headers at all, what won't work?
4. Given the configuration I have (826TQ backplane + X10SL7-F mobo) what would be the best configuration?
Thank you! I assume that based on the answers I am provided more questions may arise.
Respectfully
and thank you in advance to all that would read and respond.
I am migrating my X10SL7-F with 11 2TB drives into the SC826TQ chassis. I used a Rosewill case but got tired of having to power down, open, pull drive, replace, etc... So, I've already purchased this chassis and I thought it was going to be a straightforward plug and play. Silly me. I appear to not understand the purpose of SGPIO (sideband) or I2C connectors.
On page 2-2 of the 826TQ manual it states that I2C is used "to monitor HDD activity and status". The next page says SGPIO is the default setting and that each of the 3 headers requires an 8 pin sideband cable. Further, on page 2-5, manual states you can have either SGPIO (default) or I2C mode.
My system has been working quite okay in the old case with 8 drives plugged into the LSI2308 (IT mode) and the other 3 drives into ports 0, 1, 2 of the 6 conventional SATA ports. No issues at all that way. Moving to the chassis with the backplane I need some serious help.
The X10SL-F has 4x headers, 2x T-SGPIO 1/2 and 2x 6-SGPIO 1/2. On page 2-28 of the manual it states that the T-SGPIO 1/2 supports onboard SATA interface and the 6-SGPIO supports onboard SAS interface.
So, my questions are:
1. What is the purpose of SGPIO?
1. Do I just use 3x 8-pin to 8-pin sideband cables CBL-0157L and connect the SGPIO headers from the backplane to two of the 6-SGPIO (for the 8 SAS drives) and one of the T-SGPIO headers (for the 3 remaining SATA drives)? Would that even work?
2. I assume I can't mix and match I2C and SGPIO as jumper JP84 on the 826TQ sets the backplane to either SGPIO or I2C. Would it make only 8 SAS port connected drives operate properly?
3. Do I need to connect those headers at all, what won't work?
4. Given the configuration I have (826TQ backplane + X10SL7-F mobo) what would be the best configuration?
Thank you! I assume that based on the answers I am provided more questions may arise.
Respectfully
