Kent Watsen wrote:
>
> Kent Watsen wrote:
>> So, I picked up an AOC-SAT2-MV8 off eBay for not too much and then I got
>> a 4xSATA to one SFF-8087 cable to connect it to one one my six
>> backplanes. But, as fortune would have it, the cable I bought has SATA
>> connectors that are physically too big to plug into the AOC-SAT2-MV8 -
>> since the AOC-SAT2-MV8 stacks two SATA connectors on top of each other...
> As a temporary solution, I hooked up the reverse breakout cable using
> ports 1, 3, 5, and 7 on the aoc-sat2-mv8 - the cables fit this way
> because its using only one port from each stack. Anyway, the good news
> is that drives showed up in Solaris right away and their IDs are stable
> between hot-swaps and reboots. So I'll be keeping the aoc-sat2-mv8
This is progress, I'm glad to hear it.
> (anybody want a SAS3081E?)
MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME !!! :-)
> I've already ordered more cables for the aoc-sat2-mv8 and will report
> which ones work when I get them
That will be very good info to have - there's too little information
and personal experience surrounding the SAS cabling world as yet.
cheers,
James C. McPherson
--
Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter
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