I haven't setup that icy dock bay but I think it should work as the 2 ports are wired to the CPU and an installed Xeon will dedicates 8 lanes to them. The icy dock backplane converts each lane to manage one SATA drive, so 8 SATA drives in that bay should work.
As indicated before, I have not tried an Icy Dock with miniSAS HD connection. Only making suggestion to check the connector types as they could be the reason for not working.
Beside, the Icy Docks will only fit properly in the 5.25" bay. A comparison to OEM backplane for the flexbay is moot. As time has progressed, pricing is also coming down. Dell OEM backplane to use with miniSAS ports on motherboard became widely available. It can be had for as low as $19 usd. Who would want to get a pricy Icy alternative.
chris.kitzman
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October 29th, 2021 12:00
I have this same question now. Did you ever find a resolution to your question?
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October 30th, 2021 04:00
Uhm, those 2 connectors allow to use 2x U.2 enterprise units, or ( with a proper adapter to convert ), 2x M.2 units.
You cannot use them to drive sas units
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November 4th, 2021 12:00
I haven't setup that icy dock bay but I think it should work as the 2 ports are wired to the CPU and an installed Xeon will dedicates 8 lanes to them. The icy dock backplane converts each lane to manage one SATA drive, so 8 SATA drives in that bay should work.
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May 23rd, 2023 09:00
Forget about it..... ICY dock dosn't work with the PCIe lanes.
Chino de Oro
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May 23rd, 2023 21:00
Maybe you didn't use the correct one
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May 24th, 2023 02:00
the plug on the mb is not a sff-8643 , but a sff-8639 . Same form factor, different signals and cable setup @Chino de Oro
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I have this one but it not works... The miniSAS on 5820 MB seems only works with the panel below... which has a PLD chip and unique protocol on it...
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As indicated before, I have not tried an Icy Dock with miniSAS HD connection. Only making suggestion to check the connector types as they could be the reason for not working.
Beside, the Icy Docks will only fit properly in the 5.25" bay. A comparison to OEM backplane for the flexbay is moot. As time has progressed, pricing is also coming down. Dell OEM backplane to use with miniSAS ports on motherboard became widely available. It can be had for as low as $19 usd. Who would want to get a pricy Icy alternative.