You only NEED one cable + one controller.
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What shelf and controllers do you have?
Ideally, you'd want an IOM3, IOM6, or IOM12 depending on your shelf. NetApp also made some controllers that run an actual OS that can slot in there too, you do not want one of those if you intend to just use it as a JBOD.
If you have (or get) an IOM3 or IOM6, you need a QSFP+ (SFF-8436) to whatever SAS your HBA/RAID card has on it. I haven't had any experience with the IOM12 so not sure what they use.
So with those netapp disk shelves
there are hundred of those, please specify
they have 1 controllers
controllers are not singular, please explain
What are those ports called again?
so you where to drunk to remember the first 10 times, or just look at a simple guide?
I think you should not get any of these, get a laptop instead