[chiglug] Testing SAS drives

[L. V. Lammert]

On Sat, 2 May 2020, Zane C. B-H. wrote:

> Not clear what the backplane is for. If it is the MD1200, unless the
> current one is bad I would just leave it as is.
>
The drives are currently in an MD1200, which is onsite so it is not
available for testing.

> Controller it is meant to work with the PERC H800, but I am not aware of
> anything that would prevent it from talking to any other say controller.
> Just need one with a SFF 8088 or use a SFF 8087 to SFF 8088 adapter.
>
I see three parts to the problem:

1) Controller for a PCI slot; many available. 2) Cable from controller to
SAS drive - none available that I have seen.. 3) Lacking a cable, my
thought was to use a small backplane (e.g. 6 slot, or even smaller) to
plug drives into, but then the problem is what cable will connect to the
controller.

	Thanks!