I currently have a Supermicro M12SWA-TF motherboard and an Icy Dock ToughArmor MB998IP-B enclosure and I am having a hard time getting the sata ssds to be visible. I have tried ProxMox, esxi, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022. Has anyone else done this successfully? If so, what software/settings are you using?
But how do you connect these drives, the connection from the drive to the board. Do you have the right sas controller/cables?
He connected “U.2” connector on the motherboard (i.e. PCIe x4) directly to the SAS connector on his drive cage and expected it to work just because they used the same connector type. And when it did not work he thought it was a software issue.
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Oh well…
That’s pretty much what happened. I hooked the drive cage up to another server with 8643 connectors on it and it recognized all of the drives so at this point I feel like my only option is to buy a PCIE RAID controller.
you can also connect 1 port on the cage to 4 SATA ports on the motherboard with the “reverse break-out cable”. But if you want to use all 8 bays - get an HBA.
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To connect sata disk->mini sas->sata you need cables, 1to4 / x2
If it is to be a sata disk → mini sas → U.2, you need an appropriate U.2 controller that will have sata x8 or 2x mini sas.
However, I am not sure if you will find a U.2 with a dual 8643, a PCI card yes.
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no. that will be going back to square #1 - getting more SFF-8643 connecttors with PCIe lanes. For that drive cage to work, whatever cable plugged in - it needs to carry SAS or SATA signals
Thank you both for the info and recommendations. I will let you know what I end up getting and how it fared in the end.
Thanks again.
That’s right, for a moment I thought this bay was a controller.
I’ll probably go with a 9400-8i. I can’t do ebay as this is for a customer of my company. If it was for me, I would totally go the ebay route though.
Thanks.
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