billhickok
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I just purchased this motherboard (X11SSL-CF-O) with the intention to connect 11 HDD's, and a bit confused now that I have the board in my possession. Excuse the ignorance... I must have been careless and misread the specs, as I assumed I would be able to connect all 11 hard drives directly to this board via the LSI3008? The spec for this board that reads "LSI3008 controller for 8 SAS3 (12Gbps) ports" was the part that confused me, and I just figured I needed a couple of SATA adapters to make it work. I just naturally assumed they were miniSAS ports so I ordered 3 miniSAS (SFF8087) to 4x SATA cables from Monoprice.
I only see 2 miniSAS HD ports on this board...so how exactly do I connect all 11 HDD's to it?
Do I need to order a completely separate HBA?
Or do I utilize the 2 miniSAS HD ports using 2 miniSAS-HD-to-4x-SATA cables, and connect the remaining 3 drives via the SATA ports?
Please help!
I only see 2 miniSAS HD ports on this board...so how exactly do I connect all 11 HDD's to it?
Do I need to order a completely separate HBA?
Or do I utilize the 2 miniSAS HD ports using 2 miniSAS-HD-to-4x-SATA cables, and connect the remaining 3 drives via the SATA ports?
Please help!
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