Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives
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Connecting Directly to the Controller
In a direct-attach connection, SAS or SATA disk drives are connected
directly to a SAS card with SAS cables.The number of direct-attached
disk drives is limited to four per internal SAS connector. (For more
information about direct-attach connections, see
1
Install your internal SAS or SATA disk drives, following the
instructions in your system’s documentation.
2
Use internal SAS cables to attach the disk drives to the controller.
(SATA disk drives are shown in the example below.)
3
When all internal disk drives have been installed and attached to the
controller, close your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord,
then continue with
Connecting External Devices on page 42
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SATA disk drives attached to
controller with fan-out cable
