Connecting the Cables
This section describes the cables used on the SAS controller and provides instructions for connecting SAS and SATA hard disk drives to the SAS RAID controller.
Note: Use only “straight” SAS cables, not
Figure 2 shows the cable used to connect the internal connectors on a SAS RAID controller to SATA drives. The cable supplied with the Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E is for SATA drives or a SAS backplane connection.
HDD
Connector 
Serial Signal
Cables
RSA to HDD Breakout Cable
Figure 2. Internal SAS Cable for Connection to SAS Backplane or SATA
Hard Drives
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