Help hooking up Dell PowerVault MD1000 to my PowerEdge 1950

[Uppie1414]

Hello everyone,

I have a Dell 1950 and 2950 that I use to test 2.5" and 3.5" drives. I'm going to sell my 2950 and test the 3.5" via a MD1000 that arrives today.

I'm looking to see how I hook it up (what do I need, etc). I already have a perc 6 installed, but I need to know what cords/etc. I'll need so I can set it up right when it lands today via UPS.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[heymrdj]

Iscsi or sas?

 

[Uppie1414]

SAS

 

[heymrdj]

Depending on the model you'll need either an sff-8047 or an sff-8088 cable.

 

[heymrdj]

Md1000s are sff-8470. If you have a perc 6/e it'll be 8470 as well. So you'll need 1 or 2 of those depending on how many channels you need.

 

[Uppie1414]

I have the SFF-8470, but it looks to be male/male. Do I need an adapter to hook it up to the 1950?

Thanks! Waiting for the MD1000 to land.

 

[heymrdj]

The ports should be female, the cable should be male/male. I'm not aware of any sas port standards where gender could be changed around.

 

[rsutoratosu]

Looks like it, i have a perc6/e right here, if you have a perc6/e, on your 1950, it will be female. cables will be male as heymrdj mentioned.

I'm actually using the perc6 with a hp msa using this cable

SIIG External SAS SFF-8470 to SFF-8088 Cable

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[marshsebastian]

Looks like it, i have a perc6/e right here, if you have a perc6/e, on your 1950, it will be female. cables will be male as heymrdj mentioned.

I'm actually using the perc6 with a hp msa using this cable

SIIG External SAS SFF-8470 to SFF-8088 Cable

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Option available here is good and you can consider it as a good one destination for you surely.