https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/RT3WB080-Drive-Expander/m-p/1239192#M20118 <P>Hello PaulJF,</P><P><BR /></P><P>Thank you for joining the community</P><P><BR /></P><P>Due to this product being discontinued, Intel Customer Service no longer supports inquiries for it, but perhaps fellow community members have the knowledge to jump in and help.&nbsp;You may also find the Discontinued Products website helpful to address your request. Thank you for&nbsp;understanding.</P><P><BR /></P><P>Usually you should be able to connect 1 expander to each port of the RAID controller. Another option could be to cascade 2 or more expanders but it depends on the system and expander model itself.&nbsp;</P><P><BR /></P><P>You can find the available support information in the this site: <A href="https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/motherboards/server/rt3wb080/sb/rt3wb080_hardwareguide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/motherboards/server/rt3wb080/sb/rt3wb080_hardwareguide.pdf</A></P><P><BR /></P><P>Regards</P><P><BR /></P><P>Jose A.</P><P>Intel Customer Support Technician</P><P><I>For firmware updates and troubleshooting tips, visit:</I></P><P><I><A href="https://intel.com/support/serverbios" target="_blank">https://intel.com/support/serverbios</A></I></P><BR /> Mon, 21 Dec 2020 01:02:16 GMT JoseH_Intel 2020-12-21T01:02:16Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/RT3WB080-Drive-Expander/m-p/1239170#M20117 <P>I have a&nbsp;RT3WB080 raid controller in my server with 8 drive connected. Is there a way to expand the 8 drive to 16 drives.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Sun, 20 Dec 2020 20:50:37 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/RT3WB080-Drive-Expander/m-p/1239170#M20117 PaulJF 2020-12-20T20:50:37Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/RT3WB080-Drive-Expander/m-p/1239192#M20118 <P>Hello PaulJF,</P><P><BR /></P><P>Thank you for joining the community</P><P><BR /></P><P>Due to this product being discontinued, Intel Customer Service no longer supports inquiries for it, but perhaps fellow community members have the knowledge to jump in and help.&nbsp;You may also find the Discontinued Products website helpful to address your request. Thank you for&nbsp;understanding.</P><P><BR /></P><P>Usually you should be able to connect 1 expander to each port of the RAID controller. Another option could be to cascade 2 or more expanders but it depends on the system and expander model itself.&nbsp;</P><P><BR /></P><P>You can find the available support information in the this site: <A href="https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/motherboards/server/rt3wb080/sb/rt3wb080_hardwareguide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/motherboards/server/rt3wb080/sb/rt3wb080_hardwareguide.pdf</A></P><P><BR /></P><P>Regards</P><P><BR /></P><P>Jose A.</P><P>Intel Customer Support Technician</P><P><I>For firmware updates and troubleshooting tips, visit:</I></P><P><I><A href="https://intel.com/support/serverbios" target="_blank">https://intel.com/support/serverbios</A></I></P><BR /> Mon, 21 Dec 2020 01:02:16 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/RT3WB080-Drive-Expander/m-p/1239192#M20118 JoseH_Intel 2020-12-21T01:02:16Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/RT3WB080-Drive-Expander/m-p/1239554#M20121 <P>Hi JoseH_Intel&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks for the information and quick feedback.</P> <P>I'm not familiar with expanders. Can you guide me a bit more to extend my current 8 physical drives, to a 16 physical drives setup.&nbsp;</P> <P>Please let me know if you need more info</P> <P>Thanks</P> <P><SPAN>PaulJF</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 21 Dec 2020 23:17:04 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/RT3WB080-Drive-Expander/m-p/1239554#M20121 PaulJF 2020-12-21T23:17:04Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/RT3WB080-Drive-Expander/m-p/1258812#M20451 <P>Hi Paul. Here is info on how the expander works. Essentially you connect your raid controller into this board and it then allows the controller to see many more drives without the need to buy another Raid Controller with more ports on it.</P> <P><A href="https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/server-products/raid-products/res3tv360_ug_002.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/server-products/raid-products/res3tv360_ug_002.pdf</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Lyle Epstein</P> <P>Kortek Solutions</P> <P>Intel Alliance Partner Gold</P> <DIV class="ms-editor-squiggler" style="color: initial; font: initial; font-feature-settings: initial; font-kerning: initial; font-optical-sizing: initial; font-variation-settings: initial; text-orientation: initial; text-rendering: initial; -webkit-font-smoothing: initial; -webkit-locale: initial; -webkit-text-orientation: initial; -webkit-writing-mode: initial; writing-mode: initial; zoom: initial; place-content: initial; place-items: initial; place-self: initial; 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