SATA_A on T320

Question

What kind of connection is needed to connect devices thru the SATA_A port on the T320 motherboard. It is a connector next to the SATA_E and SATA_F Thanks

KeepOnSmilin · Accepted Answer

For those who need the answer SATA_A is indeed an 8087 port and a Mini_SAS connector with 4 Sata's will work fine

KeepOnSmilin · Answer

I would like to add a Drive Caddy using the Front 5 1/4 bay. This caddy would hold both a 3.5 and 2.5 inch drive which will store my hourly backups of the PERC H700 drives.

see:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994143

KeepOnSmilin · Answer

Please give me the web site to find these parts as searching accessories and parts under my service tag comes up with nothing. Also Is that SATA_A port a SFF-8087 port? Thanks for your help

abhay916 · Answer

@KeepOnSmilin wrote:

For those who need the answer

SATA_A is indeed an 8087 port and a Mini_SAS connector with 4 Sata's will work fine

Hey Buddy thank you for clarifying about SATA_A port, I was wondering HDD connected to that port can get direct access to Freenas instead of going through some RAID,

colakang · Answer

Is SATA_A run on sata3? or sata2?

Dell-Martin S · Answer

Hi Colakang,

the T320 supports SATA 3(6Gb/s) with using a Raid Controller.

But the onboard Raid Controller S110 could handle only 3Gb/s

Source: https://dell.to/3w3gLxT

Do you have any further questions?

Regards Martin

colakang · Answer

Hello Martin How about sata_e & sata_f ? These two port also run on sata2? that's mean all 6sata ports on MB are run on sata 2, is it correct? Many thanks

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SATA_A on T320

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