Recently we started retiring NetApp 2050 filers, as they have reached their End Of Line. They have twenty-four 900gb 10k SAS drives. I thought perhaps they could be re-purposed. Initial investigation seems like a: "No". I tried them in both an HP Proliant DL 380 G7 and a Cisco UCS M3 C220. Both machines could "see" the drives but not do anything with them.
I am not sure of the purpose of this little board. It has way too many chips on it to simply be a extension card for packaging sake. It likely just doing something with the LED's.
I haven't spent enough time on this topic, but if anyone knows how to get these drives to be recognized on a normal server, please reach out.
