topic Re: sas cables in ONTAP Hardware

sas cables

CCOLEMAN_ — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:40:07 GMT

Hello,

Does anyone know how long the SAS cables that ship with a DS4243 shelf are by default?

And maybe the different sizes I might be able to order them in?

Any docs on this?

sas cables

williams1 — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:35:11 GMT

The default cables are 6 feet

Re: sas cables

aborzenkov — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:39:43 GMT

I have seen 0.5, 2 and 5 meters. As I understand, it depends on whether this is configured as the first or subsequent shelf (i.e. whether this is controller-to-shelf or shelf-to-shelf). I must admit I have not used NetApp quoting tool for ages, so I do not know whether this is possible to explicitly select cable length when quoting shelf.

But you always should be able to add additional cables as single parts.

Re: sas cables

pascalduk — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:06:24 GMT

10 and 20 meter cables also exist according to the system configuration guide.

Default 2 meter cables are quoted, even for connecting shelves in the same stack. Just ask sales for the length you want/need. because sascables that are too long are not as easy to manage as fiber cables.

E.g. 0.5 meter for daisy chaining the shelves if you are directly below each other. For connecting to the controllers either 2 or 5 meters depending on the amount of shelves in the stack and the location of the controllers.