Installing a 9550SX RAID Controller with Multilane Internal Connectorswww.3ware.com 13Installing a 9550SX RAID Controllerwith Multilane Internal ConnectorsModels 9550SX-12MI and 9550SX-16ML come with multilaneinternal connectors, each of which can handle up to four drives.These controllers can be installed in an enclosure with a backplane.The type of cable you need will depend on whether you have a 12-or 16-port card and the type of enclosure you have.9550SX-12MI With a backplane that has the InfiniBand 4x connectors(SFF-8470), use the InfiniBand 4x cable, which has multilaneconnectors on each end (see Figure 9).Figure 9. Multilane Serial ATA Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470) With a backplane that has individual SATA connectors orindividual serial ATA drives, use the multilane break-out cable,which has an SFF-8470 multilane connector on one end, and 4individual SATA connectors on the other end (see Figure 10).Figure 10. Multilane Serial ATA Break-out Cable (SFF-8470)