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Installing a 9550SX RAID Controller with Multilane Internal Connectors
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Installing a 9550SX RAID Controller
with Multilane Internal Connectors
Models 9550SX-12MI and 9550SX-16ML come with multilane
internal connectors, each of which can handle up to four drives.
These controllers can be installed in an enclosure with a backplane.
The type of cable you need will depend on whether you have a 12-
or 16-port card and the type of enclosure you have.
9550SX-12MI
„ With a backplane that has the InfiniBand 4x connectors
(SFF-8470), use the InfiniBand 4x cable, which has multilane
connectors on each end (see Figure 9).
Figure 9. Multilane Serial ATA Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470)
„ With a backplane that has individual SATA connectors or
individual serial ATA drives, use the multilane break-out cable,
which has an SFF-8470 multilane connector on one end, and 4
individual SATA connectors on the other end (see Figure 10).
Figure 10. Multilane Serial ATA Break-out Cable (SFF-8470)