How to Connect a SAS System

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Document revision: Storage Developer Conference, 28–29 September 2021. 1 recorded locator(s) on this underlying document; this count is not independent corroboration.

Document handoff and distinction of SlimSAS/SFF-8654 from MiniLink/SFF-8611/8612; no signal assignments transcribed

p.6 connector documentation table; pp.2–3 applicability and sideband caveats; pp.11–13 cable types

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2021 documentary overview, explicitly tied to its SAS-4.1 context; not a current universal product-compatibility promise

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