Hello, You didn't mention if you were looking for 2.5" caddies or 3.5" ones. I'll provide numbers for both.  2.5" - 7JC8P  3.5" - GTMD2  Mezz bridge - 4NWN5  I think I'm looking at the right cable part number, but I want to try to confirm that tomorrow before sharing. You should be correct about needing the LSI card.  Finally, you should be able to add any validated hardware (provided in a supported config) without issue. You shouldn't be locked into a specific config.
Hi, We have recently acquired a used Dell C6320P (Xeon Phi) based server chassis. It includes 4 sleds, and works just fine. However we found that the drive bays are filled with blanks instead of caddies, the sleds are missing HBA mezzanines and bridges, and also are missing the SATA1 -> SATA2 SlimSAS cable, thus making it impossible to use the drives in the front of the system, and limits us to only using the included SSD boot drive. We tried looking up part numbers, but so far haven't had much luck. It also isn't 100% clear exactly what we need for a SATA only deployment. Our understanding is that if we want SAS, we would need the cable and the LSI 2008 card (or a compatible RAID card, which we don't want HW RAID, etc.), or if we want SATA only, we should be able to just get the cable and plug it into the motherboard. Is this correct? Finally, would anyone be able to get us the part numbers for the cable and caddies, so that we can shop around? We can't seem to find any of these parts in the part list section of the support site. Also would be nice to know if we can even add hardware to the server after the fact, or if the servers have any sort of anti-change mechanism built in that prevents it from being modified from the original configuration after purchase. Thanks!
Dell C6320P SATA Cable and caddy part numbers