Dell Poweredge R410 replace PERC S100 with PERC 6i

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Published on 2011-08-11T06:10:14Z Indexed on 2012/09/11 3:40 UTC
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I want to replace the PERC S100 RAID Controller with a PERC6i to be able to use 4 SAS harddrives instead of only SATA drives. What exactly do I need for this, what I've got so far:

  1. PERC6i PCIe x8 card.
  2. 4 x SAS 300GB 15000rpm drives

Some questions I have

  1. Do I need a different backplane to accomodate the SAS disks? If so, what kind of backplane?
  2. Do I need a special cable to hookup the PERC6i with the backplane? If so, what kind of cable?

Thanks.

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