Tom's Hardware: Topic Do I need a special cable for SAS HD?
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On the drive-side it's almost the same as SATA, but slightly different.
On a SATA drive the notch between SATA power and data cable has slot in between so you can plug into power and data cable separately. While on a SAS drive that notch is close so normal SATA cable can't be used.
Your SAS controller will either come with SFF-8484 or the newer SFF-8087 (mini-SAS) plug for internal attachment. The other end of the cable will be split into four SAS/SATA plug. You'll obviously need one that's split into SAS plugs, like this:
<-Note this one is for SAS drives with dual-channel. (Ignore the two SATA plugs)
Message edited by wuzy on 09-12-2009 at 11:14:49 AM
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