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Which SATA/SAS cable for PERC H310
Right now I have one SSD disk connected to PERC H310 in my T3600 desktop.
I want to add couple more SATA disks but turns out I have only one sata cable in my PERC controller. This single cable can handle two disks so probably all I need is a SATA cable that can connect a single disk. This way I can connect two disks on the existing cable and move SDD to the new cable.
I am unsure which cable I should buy so it will work with PERC H310 and I didn't see anything on the Dell website in the accessories. Any help would be appreciated.
Many thanks,
Radek
This is the actual cable with the Dell P/N.. Unfortunately you can't find it in Dell :-)
LarryQW
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Posted January 20th, 2013 12:00
I also have a 256 GB SSD boot drive connected to PERC H310 in my T3600 desktop.
I just added a second and third 900 GB 10K RPM SAS disks to my T3600.
For more than two disks, you need to load into the optical bay. You can't have a second optical drive or memory card reader that would otherwise interfere. And you can only put 2.5" disks in this bay, which is limiting.
The kit for putting the 2.5" disks into the optical bay is very nice, with additional small fan inside the cage to cool the disks, new front ventilated grill front panel, and two slide in disk caddies. I only needed to screw the disk bay into the optical bay, but there were four screws behind the old solid front panel. It took a while to figure out the orientation, and where cable plugs went, but there wasn’t much of an option. A fan plug for “HDD1” was found nearby on the motherboard, and it seems to work.
I took the number for the cable off the first one. It plugs into the second PERC H310 mini-SAS connector, and can drive two more disks. There's a power tap connection on this cable and a power plug near the optical bay that it can use.
Dell Part Numbers:
R9PXF Optical Bay kit for two 2.5" disks
T3F4V SATA/SAS Cable assembly from mini-SAS to two drives (SAS or SATA)