Poweredge R610 SAS Cable Help

Question

Hi all, I am having some trouble with my new server that I purchased off of eBay last week. I purchased a Dell Poweredge R610, except it did not come with any form of RAID card. I purchased a PERC 6 card on eBay as well, however the cables it came with are too short. I am either unable to close the case because the cable's are too short to be run nicely and just drag across the heatsinks and memory, or I have to remove the sixth fan to run the cables through the hole. While that method works, it causes the rest of the fans to go unbearably nuts. I've currently been searching for new SAS cables on eBay, but I can't tell which ones will work for the R610, because all the ones I've found have been listed 'for R610 and R710' which can not be correct because I was told by somebody else that the cables for the R710 are shorter and will not work. I just want to know, what is the actual part number for the SAS cables that do work for the Poweredge R610, and if possible the length of the cables. Any help would be appreciated!  Thanks, Aexiro Also, if you take a look at my picture, you can see what I mean. Don't let it fool you, it looks like it could be long enough, however I promise you, it is not.

DELL-Chris H · Answer

Alexiro,

The cables needed, which run from each side of the backplane to the controller, would be part # RF5PF for the Controller 0 to Backplane A and part # FTTNX for Controller 1 to Backplane B.

Let me know if this helps.

APweb · Answer

Hello Chris Can you advise of the correct part numbers for R610 SAS cables to connect a H700 controller? Thanks in advance!

PowerEdge HDD/SCSI/RAID

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