Dell R710 RAID1 with SATA drives

Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP

up vote
2
down vote

favorite

I've slightly messed up with the purchase of a 2nd hand server (Dell R710) and need a little assistance.

I had (wrongly) assumed that the server had RAID controller but it hasn't, so I need some help with the bits that I have got and what I need to buy to get where I want.

I want to connect 2x SATA 3.5" drives.

The server has no RAID card and the 4x3.5" backplane for the drives is a UL94V-0 unit. It is labelled SAS_A, so I'm not sure if I can use it for SATA drives.

There is no cable from this backplane, presumably because there is no RAID card installed for it to connect to.

Would I be correct in assuming that I could go ahead and purchase an H700 RAID controller card (with the data cables) and this would achieve what I need?

Is there a problem that the backplane is labelled SAS? I understand that this will be OK, but what about the connector on the UL94V, will this be OK to connect to the H700 directly for use with SATA drives? Or do I need to look at replacing the backplane also?

Any help at this stage would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

raid dell

share|improve this question

asked 1 hour ago

omega1

139118

add a comment | 

up vote
2
down vote

favorite

I've slightly messed up with the purchase of a 2nd hand server (Dell R710) and need a little assistance.

I had (wrongly) assumed that the server had RAID controller but it hasn't, so I need some help with the bits that I have got and what I need to buy to get where I want.

I want to connect 2x SATA 3.5" drives.

The server has no RAID card and the 4x3.5" backplane for the drives is a UL94V-0 unit. It is labelled SAS_A, so I'm not sure if I can use it for SATA drives.

There is no cable from this backplane, presumably because there is no RAID card installed for it to connect to.

Would I be correct in assuming that I could go ahead and purchase an H700 RAID controller card (with the data cables) and this would achieve what I need?

Is there a problem that the backplane is labelled SAS? I understand that this will be OK, but what about the connector on the UL94V, will this be OK to connect to the H700 directly for use with SATA drives? Or do I need to look at replacing the backplane also?

Any help at this stage would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

raid dell

share|improve this question

asked 1 hour ago

omega1

139118

add a comment | 

up vote
2
down vote

favorite

up vote
2
down vote

favorite

I've slightly messed up with the purchase of a 2nd hand server (Dell R710) and need a little assistance.

I had (wrongly) assumed that the server had RAID controller but it hasn't, so I need some help with the bits that I have got and what I need to buy to get where I want.

I want to connect 2x SATA 3.5" drives.

The server has no RAID card and the 4x3.5" backplane for the drives is a UL94V-0 unit. It is labelled SAS_A, so I'm not sure if I can use it for SATA drives.

There is no cable from this backplane, presumably because there is no RAID card installed for it to connect to.

Would I be correct in assuming that I could go ahead and purchase an H700 RAID controller card (with the data cables) and this would achieve what I need?

Is there a problem that the backplane is labelled SAS? I understand that this will be OK, but what about the connector on the UL94V, will this be OK to connect to the H700 directly for use with SATA drives? Or do I need to look at replacing the backplane also?

Any help at this stage would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

raid dell

share|improve this question

asked 1 hour ago

omega1

139118

I've slightly messed up with the purchase of a 2nd hand server (Dell R710) and need a little assistance.

I had (wrongly) assumed that the server had RAID controller but it hasn't, so I need some help with the bits that I have got and what I need to buy to get where I want.

I want to connect 2x SATA 3.5" drives.

The server has no RAID card and the 4x3.5" backplane for the drives is a UL94V-0 unit. It is labelled SAS_A, so I'm not sure if I can use it for SATA drives.

There is no cable from this backplane, presumably because there is no RAID card installed for it to connect to.

Would I be correct in assuming that I could go ahead and purchase an H700 RAID controller card (with the data cables) and this would achieve what I need?

Is there a problem that the backplane is labelled SAS? I understand that this will be OK, but what about the connector on the UL94V, will this be OK to connect to the H700 directly for use with SATA drives? Or do I need to look at replacing the backplane also?

Any help at this stage would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

raid dell

raid dell

share|improve this question

asked 1 hour ago

omega1

139118

share|improve this question

asked 1 hour ago

omega1

139118

share|improve this question

share|improve this question

asked 1 hour ago

omega1

139118

asked 1 hour ago

omega1

139118

asked 1 hour ago

omega1

139118

139118

add a comment | 

add a comment | 

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

up vote
2
down vote

So a few things:

• The motherboard may have enough SATA connectors onboard for you to connect the drives directly and use software RAID


• The missing cable to the backplane is what connects to the RAID card. If you buy the compatible PERC Hxxx card, you can just insert it in the slot, and connect it to the backplane


• The backplane almost certainly is backwards-compatible with SATA, in my experience with Dell Servers and RAID setups. Dell themselves sell SATA drives as a cheaper option to SAS disks. However you can't combine them into a Virtual disk with SAS disks. R710 Spec Sheet
  

Dell R710 Technical Guidebook: https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/server-poweredge-r710-tech-guidebook.pdf

share|improve this answer

edited 34 mins ago

answered 38 mins ago

zymhan

8151827

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you for your reply. The motherboard does in fact have two SATA connectors, though I didn't see where I could immediately take the power from (power for the drives). Looks like I'll buy the H700 RAID card as I didn't really want to use software RAID. Lesson learned, read the spec of what you are buying! Thanks for the reply.
  – omega1
  35 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Your Answer

StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "2"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);

else
createEditor();

);

function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: false,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);



);

 

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

Name Email

StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fserverfault.com%2fquestions%2f934157%2fdell-r710-raid1-with-sata-drives%23new-answer', 'question_page');

);

Post as a guest

Name Email

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

active

oldest

votes

active

oldest

votes

up vote
2
down vote

So a few things:

• The motherboard may have enough SATA connectors onboard for you to connect the drives directly and use software RAID


• The missing cable to the backplane is what connects to the RAID card. If you buy the compatible PERC Hxxx card, you can just insert it in the slot, and connect it to the backplane


• The backplane almost certainly is backwards-compatible with SATA, in my experience with Dell Servers and RAID setups. Dell themselves sell SATA drives as a cheaper option to SAS disks. However you can't combine them into a Virtual disk with SAS disks. R710 Spec Sheet
  

Dell R710 Technical Guidebook: https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/server-poweredge-r710-tech-guidebook.pdf

share|improve this answer

edited 34 mins ago

answered 38 mins ago

zymhan

8151827

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you for your reply. The motherboard does in fact have two SATA connectors, though I didn't see where I could immediately take the power from (power for the drives). Looks like I'll buy the H700 RAID card as I didn't really want to use software RAID. Lesson learned, read the spec of what you are buying! Thanks for the reply.
  – omega1
  35 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
2
down vote

So a few things:

• The motherboard may have enough SATA connectors onboard for you to connect the drives directly and use software RAID


• The missing cable to the backplane is what connects to the RAID card. If you buy the compatible PERC Hxxx card, you can just insert it in the slot, and connect it to the backplane


• The backplane almost certainly is backwards-compatible with SATA, in my experience with Dell Servers and RAID setups. Dell themselves sell SATA drives as a cheaper option to SAS disks. However you can't combine them into a Virtual disk with SAS disks. R710 Spec Sheet
  

Dell R710 Technical Guidebook: https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/server-poweredge-r710-tech-guidebook.pdf

share|improve this answer

edited 34 mins ago

answered 38 mins ago

zymhan

8151827

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you for your reply. The motherboard does in fact have two SATA connectors, though I didn't see where I could immediately take the power from (power for the drives). Looks like I'll buy the H700 RAID card as I didn't really want to use software RAID. Lesson learned, read the spec of what you are buying! Thanks for the reply.
  – omega1
  35 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
2
down vote

up vote
2
down vote

So a few things:

• The motherboard may have enough SATA connectors onboard for you to connect the drives directly and use software RAID


• The missing cable to the backplane is what connects to the RAID card. If you buy the compatible PERC Hxxx card, you can just insert it in the slot, and connect it to the backplane


• The backplane almost certainly is backwards-compatible with SATA, in my experience with Dell Servers and RAID setups. Dell themselves sell SATA drives as a cheaper option to SAS disks. However you can't combine them into a Virtual disk with SAS disks. R710 Spec Sheet
  

Dell R710 Technical Guidebook: https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/server-poweredge-r710-tech-guidebook.pdf

share|improve this answer

edited 34 mins ago

answered 38 mins ago

zymhan

8151827

So a few things:

• The motherboard may have enough SATA connectors onboard for you to connect the drives directly and use software RAID


• The missing cable to the backplane is what connects to the RAID card. If you buy the compatible PERC Hxxx card, you can just insert it in the slot, and connect it to the backplane


• The backplane almost certainly is backwards-compatible with SATA, in my experience with Dell Servers and RAID setups. Dell themselves sell SATA drives as a cheaper option to SAS disks. However you can't combine them into a Virtual disk with SAS disks. R710 Spec Sheet
  

Dell R710 Technical Guidebook: https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/server-poweredge-r710-tech-guidebook.pdf

share|improve this answer

edited 34 mins ago

answered 38 mins ago

zymhan

8151827

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

edited 34 mins ago

edited 34 mins ago

edited 34 mins ago

answered 38 mins ago

zymhan

8151827

answered 38 mins ago

zymhan

8151827

answered 38 mins ago

zymhan

8151827

8151827

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you for your reply. The motherboard does in fact have two SATA connectors, though I didn't see where I could immediately take the power from (power for the drives). Looks like I'll buy the H700 RAID card as I didn't really want to use software RAID. Lesson learned, read the spec of what you are buying! Thanks for the reply.
  – omega1
  35 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you for your reply. The motherboard does in fact have two SATA connectors, though I didn't see where I could immediately take the power from (power for the drives). Looks like I'll buy the H700 RAID card as I didn't really want to use software RAID. Lesson learned, read the spec of what you are buying! Thanks for the reply.
  – omega1
  35 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

Thank you for your reply. The motherboard does in fact have two SATA connectors, though I didn't see where I could immediately take the power from (power for the drives). Looks like I'll buy the H700 RAID card as I didn't really want to use software RAID. Lesson learned, read the spec of what you are buying! Thanks for the reply.
– omega1
35 mins ago

Thank you for your reply. The motherboard does in fact have two SATA connectors, though I didn't see where I could immediately take the power from (power for the drives). Looks like I'll buy the H700 RAID card as I didn't really want to use software RAID. Lesson learned, read the spec of what you are buying! Thanks for the reply.
– omega1
35 mins ago

add a comment | 

 

draft saved

draft discarded

 

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

Name Email

StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fserverfault.com%2fquestions%2f934157%2fdell-r710-raid1-with-sata-drives%23new-answer', 'question_page');

);

Post as a guest

Name Email

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

Name Email

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

Name Email

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

Name Email

Name Email

Name

Email

Name Email

Name

Email