Hello Chris There are supported controllers on the R510 that are SAS 2.0 compliant and capable of 6Gb/s with both SAS and SATA drives. The backplane is SAS 2.0 compliant.   I don't show that is a validated controller, so I can't say for sure whether or not the backplane will function correctly with that controller. Thanks
Hi, Question as per title really.  I'm interested to know if the SAS backplane in the 12 bay R510s is limited to 6G SAS / 3G SATA due to the expander or the default controllers that ship with it?  I'm looking at one for a storage server but would utilise a LSI 9211-8i in IT mode that supports 6G SAS/SATA it would be good to get 6G SATA speeds if possible. Is that possible, or am I limited by the backplane expander itself? Thanks, Chris
Dell R510 12 Bay SAS Backplane - SAS/Sata limited by backplane or controller?