Does Supermicro sc836 support LSI sasx28?

I’m looking into buying a used Supermicro SC836 chassis with either the LSI SASx28 (BPN-SAS-836EL1) or LSI SAS2x28 (BPN-SAS2-836EL2) expander chip in the backplane. From what I’ve read it seems like the LSI SASx28 chip only supports 1.5 Gbps with SATA but 3 Gbps with SAS drives. The LSI SAS2x28 chip supports 6 Gbps for both SATA and SAS.

How many Gbps does the LSI sasx28 chip support?

From what I’ve read it seems like the LSI SASx28 chip only supports 1.5 Gbps with SATA but 3 Gbps with SAS drives. The LSI SAS2x28 chip supports 6 Gbps for both SATA and SAS. Were the problems you were having due to you using the SAS 1 backplanes instead of the SAS 2 backplanes?

What is the latest release backplane firmware for the sasx36?

The latest release backplane firmware was release on 2010. LSI has discontinue the SASx36 chipset 3 years ago. The BPN-SAS-826-7EL1 and BPN-SAS-846-7EL1 only support up to 3Gb/s data transfer rate. Click to expand…

Is a SAS drive backwards compatible with SATA?

Yes, SAS is backwards compatible to SATA and we run hundreds of SATA everywhere. The website says SAS or Enterprise SATA recommended. NAS drives work fine, desktop drives can have compatibility with the chassis and LSI cards. That picture had a SATA and SAS drive. Yes, SAS is backwards compatible to SATA and we run hundreds of SATA everywhere.