[OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

Harry Putnam reader at newsguy.com
Sat Jul 19 20:21:31 UTC 2014


Timothy Coalson <tsc5yc at mst.edu> writes:

> No, those are SATA power connectors, SFF-8087 is an internal data connector
> for 4 channels of SAS:
>
> http://www.cs-electronics.com/images-large/Fem%20SFF-8087-b.JPG
>
> This shows both plug and receptacle, the bit on the circuit board is the
> receptacle, and is usually on a larger card/board, not with a cable coming
> out the back.

Man that image leaves no doubt about how it looks.... thanks for that

I think you are right about only 1 chip... as do not see anything that
looks like that on the mobo... I see nothing with a metal part as part
of the socket.  They all appear to be plastic only.




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