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What kind of Cable shall I use to connect [ http://www.amazon.com/SAS-Enterprise-Hard-Drive-WD1001FYYG/dp/B0090UELTW ] and server board: http://ark.intel.com/products/56334/intel-server-board-s2600cp4

in the board specification i have : Integrated SAS Ports 8, so what are they ? how to use them ?

kamjel
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You need a SAS breakout cable, but the specifics depend on whether you will be using a backplane for the disks or not.

If you're using a single bare drive with no backplane, you'll want an SFF-8087 connector on the motherboard side and 4 x SFF-8482 for the disks.

Please see:
How exactly does a SAS SFF-8087 breakout cable work? + RAID/connection questions

and

What cable do I require for SFF-8087 to SAS

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ewwhite
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You need a SATA to SFF-8482 cable. They're relatively easy to find on eBay.

That is a dual-port drive, so you can use the cables with 2 SATA connections (to add redundancy). Make sure you plug the SATA connector into the blue connections on the motherboard (the blue connections are SAS, the black and white connections are SATA only).

Jab at Intel: The cable in Ed's answer is the industry standard that almost everyone uses. These goofy cables with non-standard connections are just one of the reasons I steer clear of Intel motherboards. Also, the documentation is horrid, took me minutes to figure out how to plug a hard drive into that darn motherboard... seriously, minutes. It shouldn't take but seconds on their spec page.

Chris S
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