Backplane IBM M1015 question

[Slu]

Hey FreeNas community,

I have a quick question concerning the back-plane I have on my server. Please refer to the picture attached for detail.

Essentially, I want to ask what type of cable and how exactly I would connect the M1015 controller to this backplane?

It looks like a 8087 SAS-like port on the back-plane. Each of the ports controls 4 HD's for a total of 12 HD's.

I read jgrecos sticky post and I thought I would probably need 2 M1015s, 3 cables, each one connected to the ports on the backplane. 2 cables from one m1015 for 8 drives and the other m1015 for the other 4 drives. Would this be correct? Would I encounter any problems with this set up?

If the set up is fine, which exact cable would I need to make this happen?

Thank you all for your help!

 

[Mr_N]

Yeah you will need either 2x M1015/1115's or one of them with a Intel expander in between like: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/raid/raid-controller-res2sv240.html

As for the cable that's easy, any brand SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cable such as: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008VLHOR2/?tag=ozlp-20

I bought adaptec cables for mine but they are a bit more expensive.