ToughArmor MB699VP-B and Fujitsu EP580i RAID controller

[FrontierDK]

Hi all.

I have bought the classic ToughArmor MB699VP-B, added 4 Samsung PM1733 U.3 960GB SSD NVMe drives and tried to connect them to my Fujitsu EP580i RAID controller. Aaaand...the controller can't see them. I tried "CAB-8643/8643-P0.5M" cables with the description "SFF-8643 to SFF-8643, with sideband, 0.5m".

From the ToughArmor MB699VP-B FAQ + PDF page at https://global.icydock.com/product_182.html I can now see that it requires different cables. Has anyone tried the Broadcom 05-50061-00 cables with this (or similar Broadcom) controller which has 4 x SFF-8643 connectors?

 

[Aster Wong]

Hi all.

I have bought the classic ToughArmor MB699VP-B, added 4 Samsung PM1733 U.3 960GB SSD NVMe drives and tried to connect them to my Fujitsu EP580i RAID controller. Aaaand...the controller can't see them. I tried "CAB-8643/8643-P0.5M" cables with the description "SFF-8643 to SFF-8643, with sideband, 0.5m".

From the ToughArmor MB699VP-B FAQ + PDF page at https://global.icydock.com/product_182.html I can now see that it requires different cables. Has anyone tried the Broadcom 05-50061-00 cables with this (or similar Broadcom) controller which has 4 x SFF-8643 connectors?

Hi FrontierDK,

The Fujitsu EP580i RAID controller is designed based on the Broadcom 9460-16i, the latter has been confirmed to work with the MB699VP-B. If the pinout is the same as well, it is likely to work with the Broadcom 05-50061-00 cable.
However, we have not actually tested this combination. We recommend asking Fujitsu to confirm whether the EP580i RAID controller pinout is the same as the Broadcom 9460-16i, or asking them to provide the pinout and compare it with the Broadcom 05-50061-00 cable pinout as below.

https://www.icydock.com/download/SFF-8643_to_2_x_SFF-8643_pinout.pdf