2 port e-Sata PCI-Express card in my 2008 8 core Mac Pro

Hi. I have a question for you guys. I just purchased a PCI-Express e-SATA card for my 2008 Mac Pro 8 cores and i'm wondering if i have to connect it to one of the two connectors on the motherboard or do i simply slide in the card? The reason i'm asking is that the connector cable where not provided with the card and it says optional on the package.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Yvon.

Just to help clarify: The 2 port eSATA card that you bought just needs to be installed in the PCIe slot of your MP, just don't install in slot 2. The two extra internal SATA ports are designated for use for optical drives, but will work for internal or external hard drives as well. They don't need to be connected to the eSATA card that you bought. However if you want to use these ports to run 2 more eSATA drives, you can buy a cable set that will route these ports to the back of your MacPro for about $25. The one limitation is that drives hooked to these internal ODD ports can't be hot swapped, whereas drives attached to the eSATA card you bought should be hot swappable. Hope this helps!

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