Re: unofficial/unsupported storage upgrade to old PE2900?

correction:
DELL uses SFF-8484 to connect to the DELL backplane and SFF-8087 is used to
connect to the LSI 9211-4i. Not sure what the PERC H700 uses. The 6/i uses
SFF-8484 as well.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Rene Shuster <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Interesting. I would be interested, too. However keep in mind that the
> PE2900/2950 is PCIe 1.0 while DELL PERC 7th gen are PCIe 2.0 accd. to
> http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/19/campaigns/dell-raid-controllers
>
> Now I was able to frankenstein a LSI 9211-4i into a PE2900 and re-use a
> SFF cable from a decommissioned PE840 (yuk!).
> To utilize all 6 drive slots you probably need a 9211-8i. The 9211-4i is
> $89 at SCSI4me (
> http://www.scsi4me.com/lsi-logic-sas-9211-4i-low-profile-four-port-6gb-s-sata-and-sas-pcie-hba-with-integrated-raid.html
> ).
> It's not a production server, so I can't tell how it goes under load or in
> the long run. I just needed to update SAS drive firmware for non-DELL
> drives and the Seagate firmwre updater needed the drives in
> JBOD/Pass-through mode which is something the DELL PERC do not offer.
>
> From that experience all I can tell is that you need to make sure you got
> the correct cable, the right connector shape (90º or straight), and the
> right cable length. Here's some pictures and a overview of SAS connectors:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_attached_SCSI#Connectors
> DELL uses SFF-8087 to connect to the DELL backplane and SFF-8484 is used
> to connect to the LSI 9211-4i. Not sure what the PERC H700 uses. The 6/i
> uses SFF-8087 as well.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Bond Masuda <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I recall reading somewhere in the past that people have upgraded old PE
>> 2900 servers from a PERC 6/i to PERC H700 in order to install > 2TB hard
>> drives in the PE 2900. If my recollection is correct, all that was
>> needed as a SFF-8087 to SFF-8484 cable. Anyone here try similar
>> upgrades? Any experience with the newer controllers than the H700? H710?
>>
>> I'm looking to upgrade my 2900, so just wanted to see what other
>> unofficial/unsupported options are out there that people have tried with
>> success (or failure - so I should avoid)?
>>
>> Thx.
>>
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