mjk79
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Guys,
I've been using 3x M1015 IBM cards in IT mode for a long time in my Freenas system, at lately looked into adding some sas expanders.
I gave these a try, but have had nothing but problems with them.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-ServeR...ID/142620883440?hash=item2134ddf9f0:rk:4:pf:0
I'm currently looking at the Intel® RAID Expander RES2SV240 card as a replacement, but I'm confused as to how this card is cabled. The above card requires an input from a controller card, so i had to use my M1015 cards with it, however if I'm reading the documentation right, it looks like this card will just add ports without a controller card being connected? If anyone is using this card, please let me know if this is right, or what the correct way to cable this card is.
https://ark.intel.com/products/49596/Intel-RAID-Expander-RES2SV240
Looking at the user guide, it looks like port 0 can be used as an input, but I can't tell if that's required, or if it's just needed if you're using a raid controller.
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/s...boards/server/sb/e93121003_res2sv240_hwug.pdf
Any input from people who use this card would be appreciated!
I've been using 3x M1015 IBM cards in IT mode for a long time in my Freenas system, at lately looked into adding some sas expanders.
I gave these a try, but have had nothing but problems with them.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-ServeR...ID/142620883440?hash=item2134ddf9f0:rk:4:pf:0
I'm currently looking at the Intel® RAID Expander RES2SV240 card as a replacement, but I'm confused as to how this card is cabled. The above card requires an input from a controller card, so i had to use my M1015 cards with it, however if I'm reading the documentation right, it looks like this card will just add ports without a controller card being connected? If anyone is using this card, please let me know if this is right, or what the correct way to cable this card is.
https://ark.intel.com/products/49596/Intel-RAID-Expander-RES2SV240
Looking at the user guide, it looks like port 0 can be used as an input, but I can't tell if that's required, or if it's just needed if you're using a raid controller.
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/s...boards/server/sb/e93121003_res2sv240_hwug.pdf
Any input from people who use this card would be appreciated!