Appreciate it. I am going down the road of a sata to sas adaptor one of the internal ports. I have spare connections on my power supply so hopefully it will all work out. Since I know now sas drives don’t work on sata ports I guess the main reason the adaptors exist is scenarios like this.

Many thanks. I was hoping this was the case but I was not 100% confident. I have been hunting around online and think I have located a suitable adapter (that will arrive sometime this year!).

Many thanks - this is awesome! Very much appreciate the time you invested. Yep, I messed up... Thanks for the help and I am learning.

The bracket you suggested looks like the cleanest solution. I am on a tight budget right now though and I would need that plus the 8088 to 8088 cable and the internal cable.

The 8088 cable with molex makes me cringe, but I guess it will get me out of a hole for now. I only have one SAS drive so I guess its manageable.

Out of curiosity what sort of devices would the SFF-8088 normally connect to - a drive enclosure of some sort?

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Specs are here if you are willing to have a look! https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/12353334

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Also sounds like the external SFF-8088 is data only and I somehow need to introduce power. Looping the cable back inside won't solve my problem?

Thanks! SAS is totally new to me and there is a bit of a learning curve…. I am confused though as the manual refers to the 4 sata ports on the card and mentions that sas or sata devices can be connected?