2010年1月8日 · The HP SAS Expander is a game changing device for home media storage enthusiasts and business customers alike - combine it with a low-cost RAID or HBA adapter and you've got 32 ports of harddisk connectivity for only a few hundred dollars. Overview: The HP SAS Expander is based on the PMC...

2010年1月8日 · The SAS Controller I used when I still used a HP SAS Expander was an IBM M1015 (which can be flashed to an LSI 9211-8i IT mode controller, most of these cards are really just LSI cards with custom BIOS). It has 2 internal SAS ports I linked to 2 of the SAS ports of the expander (they can pool interlink connections).

2010年1月8日 · Today I put together a LSI 9207-8e connected to a old HP SAS Expander (green board) with a couple of SATA disks attached. I just recently got the idea to build a cheap jbod and got several cards from ebay. Firmware on the LSI was 7.39.02 (IT mode) from August 2015, and firmware on the HP SAS exp is at 2.10.

2008年7月24日 · I am currently using the older HP SAS Expender card and this works fine, however, when using it with SATA drives it only works at 3gb and does work at 6gb with SAS drives and this is stated in the product documentations, I was hoping that upgrading to this newer card will unable my transfer speeds to increase with …

2011年5月3日 · It is using like 70w of power for just the chasis, fan, board and SAS expander when another motherboard I tested (that gave power to the SAS expander but solid LED so wouldn't detect) was around 40w. That is a pretty significant difference especially when the disks are at idle with disks the entire 15 disk enclosure is using 150 watts.

2010年1月8日 · One of the HP SAS expanders is connected with a SFF-8088 (external) to SFF-8087 (internal) connectors and it works. The second card is currently connected with an external to external SFF-8088 cable and it is not being recognized. I had the same problem with the first HP SAS expander which is why I went for a external to internal cable.

2017年5月6日 · Hi All, Looking for a bit of help. I have a LSI M1015 - Flashed with IR Firmware, all working fine. I have a 24 bay case, so wish to expand my storage, I have purchased a HP SAS Expander card - HP 468405-001 Connected the backplane to the Expander card and connected the Expander card to the...

2012年5月2日 · I see in MSM - that Expander or controller has label : number of fans: 0 - so it looks like there is a possibility to attach fan and take power from the board, just don't know how and where... If anyone knows pin layout of e.g. HP Expander or any IBM controller it would be good guideline to see where to hook up a fan connector !!

2008年7月24日 · The HP SAS expander is designed to be installed in a Proliant server, which has a wind-tunnel of cooling at all times. If you are just sticking it in a home or office built box you most likely do not have the neccessary amount of cooling for the card. You can either increase your cooling of the box itself, or you can actively cool the card.

2004年10月13日 · The cable is a SFF-8087 end that has a cable for lights and 4x sata connections. That connect to the backplane on the server. HP Spare Part Number 538872-001 is the cable that came with the server. Would the cable AND the backplane be not SAS compatible? According to the HP documentation the backplane is SAS compatable...