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 “cross-over” SAS cables.

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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