User`s guide

Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 39
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 page 75.)
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.
SATA disk drives attached to
controller with fan-out cable