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EP2C602 SAS connectors?

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Topic: EP2C602 SAS connectors?

Posted By: sugarkainemostly
Subject: EP2C602 SAS connectors?
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2016 at 1:34pm

Motherboard picture shows SAS_0_1_2_3 as 4 SATA style port inputs. Do I still need to buy a SAS controller/board for this? Or is it SAS ready?

Thanks

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Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2016 at 6:30pm

The EP2C602 would req an SAS controller/board.

The specs don't show SAS. Nor does the driver downloads.

In the 602 chipset, albeit with far fewer PCIe slots, the below LSI 2308 SAS2 board offers 8 SAS drives via breakout cables

http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=EP2C602-2L%2B2OS6/D16" rel="nofollow - http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=EP2C602-2L%2B2OS6/D16

As expected per options/features, a price difference between the two.