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Which power cable for R230 for SATA and Optical Drive?
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I have an R230 server which came with an H330 Raid card and 2 cabled drives.
I want to add Drive 3 and 4. For the PERC I can get a cable that will split additional drives. However, for SATA power cables I cannot find any that would fit. I am ideally looking for the Dell 6 PIN Power adapter to 4 SATA + 1 Optical drive - that way I can just run a SAS3 to 4-SATA fan cable and all will be set.
Can someone point me to a DELL 6 PIN (on motherboard) to 4 SATA+ Optical Power cable?
Thanks!
Edit - I found this https://www.ebay.com/itm/350577825486 on ebay, but that would need multiple adapters
I also found this https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-2-Pack-SATA-Power/dp/B01DV1Z1ZI - which may work - but dont know if the Dell connector is propietary
DELL-Chris H
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July 18th, 2018 06:00
Chirag11,
To me it sounds like you have the X2 HDD/ODD cable installed, you would need to replace that X2 cable for the X4 HDD/ODD cable (part N9P7R) as seen below.
Let me know if this helps.
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Thanks!
I also have a second R230 server that does not have a RAID card.
For that one, I want to use the onboard SAS connector - but need a power cable for the drives and ODD.
Can you give me part number for that one? Should have 4 SATA and 1 Optical drive power
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July 20th, 2018 13:00
The cable listed would be from the perc or from the motherboard to the drives.
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November 11th, 2019 11:00
I'm looking to do the same to my R230 (upgrade from (2) HDD's to (4) HDD's)
I found (3) Dell part numbers:
M7MXD
D2M62
T3D32
These have a straight SAS plug connection (the N9P7R has a 90 degree SAS plug) like my original (2) HDD cable (DP/N: TTN3V)