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Cables
Multilane breakout cables
For use with a backplane that has individual SATA connectors
or individual serial ATA drives, multilane breakout cables have
an SFF-8087 multilane connector on one end and four
individual SATA connectors on the other end.
This is the type of cable that ships with the 3ware
Note:
9650SE multilane controllers. Depending on the enclosure you
are using, you may need to purchase a different cable to
connect the 9650SE controller and the enclosure backplane
Figure 6. Multi-lane Serial ATA Break-out Cable (SFF-8087)
Multilane double-ended 4x cables
For use with a multilane-enabled drive backplane that has the
SFF-8087 mini SAS 4i connectors, these double-ended 4x
cables have multilane connectors on each end.
Figure 7. Multilane Cable Serial ATA (SFF-8087)
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