Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP - Manual (Page 43)

SAS Device Cables 2-7
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http://www.lsi.com/cm/DownloadSearch.do .
For details on installing the driver, refer to the MegaRAID SAS
Device Driver Installation User’s Guide on the MegaRAID
Universal Software Suite CD. Be sure to use the latest service
packs provided by the operating system manufacturer and to
review the readme file that accompanies the driver.
2.4 SAS Device Cables
This section describes the cables used on the SAS controllers and
provides step-by-step instructions for connecting SAS physical disks,
SATA II physical disks, or both to the SAS RAID controller. The SAS and
SATA II protocols use a thin, 7-wire connector instead of the 68-wire
SCSI cable or 26-wire ATA cable.
Note: Use only straight SAS cables, not crossover SAS cables.
Figure 2.3 displays the SAS cable that connects the internal connectors
on a SAS RAID controller to SAS drives.