Connecting 3ware RAID Card to SAS Backplane

[owensdj]

I'm looking at building a new server using a 3ware 9690SA-4I SAS RAID card and a Supermicro SC743TQ-865B-SQ case with a SAS hot-plug backplane. What cables do I need(if any) to connect the RAID card to the backplane to make the drive status LEDs work? I know the backplane has I2C and Sideband connections. Thank you for any info you can give me.


3ware 9690SA RAID Card

Supermicro SC743TQ-865B-SQ Case

 

[sonoma1993]

Originally posted by: owensdj
I'm looking at building a new server using a 3ware 9690SA-4I SAS RAID card and a Supermicro SC743TQ-865B-SQ case with a SAS hot-plug backplane. What cables do I need(if any) to connect the RAID card to the backplane to make the drive status LEDs work? I know the backplane has I2C and Sideband connections. Thank you for any info you can give me.


3ware 9690SA RAID Card

Supermicro SC743TQ-865B-SQ Case

you are going to need a a sas to sata cable. Do you already jave the 3ware 9690SA-41 sas card? if not, it should come with the cable with it already.

sas to sata cable

 

[owensdj]

Thanks for the reply. I had a similar cable in the configuration. That'll connect the RAID card to the SAS backplane and allow it to control the 4 SAS drives, but will the Status LEDs work?

3ware Multi-lane Int (SFF-8087) SATA Breakout Cable,

 

[sonoma1993]

Originally posted by: owensdj
Thanks for the reply. I had a similar cable in the configuration. That'll connect the RAID card to the SAS backplane and allow it to control the 4 SAS drives, but will the Status LEDs work?

3ware Multi-lane Int (SFF-8087) SATA Breakout Cable,

I believe to get the status leds lights to work, you will need a sas to sata cable that has the sideband connector.

sas to sata with sideband connector