I am looking to buy a Raid card as I can not use the motherboard Raid to achieve Raid 5 or 10 with my 4 SAS drives. I am a bit confused on how I would connect the drives to card. Do I need to connect the drives to the card via SAS cables, or will it recognize drives that are plugged into the motherboard?
If I were to buy something such as this, would it be able to be plugged in and usable or would I need other supplies?