Cable Matters External Mini SAS to External Mini SAS Cable (SFF-8088) 6.6 Feet/2m EXTERNAL MINI SAS cable connects a SAS Host Bus Adapter card to a SAS or SATA drive cage; Straight cable is bidirectional and locks into place to prevent accidental disconnection HOST CONTROLLER TO SAS BACKPLANE 8088 cable connects devices with external Mini SAS 26 pin ports; Supports of up 4 lanes of SAS data and daisy chaining with a SAS expander RAID MATTERS with this multi-lane external Mini SAS 4x lane cable that provides a high speed connection from a RAID controller to a SAS expander chassis; Supports up to 6 Gbps per lane ROBUST DESIGN of external Mini-SAS cable combines 28 AWG wire in a shielded cable jacket; Shielded 26 pin SFF 8088 connectors with metal back shells have integrated pull rings for easy release and a gasket to seal the connection to the HBA card SFF-8088 COMPATIBLE with popular RAID controllers from Adaptec 2258500-R 51645 RAID, DATOptic Dual Mini SAS SFF-8088 - 8087 adapter, HighPoint RocketRAID 2711 / RocketRAID 2721 / RocketRAID 2722 / RocketRAID 4522 / RocketRAID 644LS, HP Smart Array P212/256 Controller SAS Raid / P222/512 FBWC, Lsi Logic LSI00300 9207-8e / SAS9200-8E / SAS9280-8E, Norco c-8087-8088f adapter