Figure 5 show SAS and SATA connectors on SAS and SATA hard disk drives, respectively. Cables are used for connection between internal connectors on the RAID controller and connectors on SAS and SATA drives, respectively. Both SAS and SATA hard disk drives can connect to SAS backplane receptable connectors. The difference between the SAS connector and SATA connector is the bridge between the SAS primary physical link and power connector on the SAS controller.
Note: SAS backplane connectors can accept SAS or SATA hard disk drives, but SATA backplane connectors cannot accept SAS drives.
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Figure 5. SAS and SATA Plugs and SAS Backplane Receptacle Connector
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