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Broadcom 9305-16e PCI Express to 12Gb/s SAS Host Bus Adapter User Guide
January 27, 2016 Overview
SAS 9305-16e Host Bus Adapter User Guide
1 Overview
The PCI Express
®
(PCIe
®
)-to-Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) host bus adapter (HBA), referred to as the Broadcom 12Gb/s SAS
HBA, provides high-performance external storage connectivity for servers and workstations. The 12Gb/s SAS HBA
provides sixteen lanes of 12Gb/s SAS connectivity and is matched with eight lanes of PCIe 3.0 8Gb/s performance. The
low-profile design of the SAS HBA includes a full-height mounting bracket and a low-profile mounting bracket that
create a universal fit for any server. The 12Gb/s SAS HBA is developed on the Fusion-MPT-based SAS 3216 controller
that integrates the latest enhancements in PCIe 3.0 technology and 12Gb/s SAS technology.
2 Features
This section lists the Broadcom 12Gb/s SAS HBA features.
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Implements one SAS 3216 sixteen-port 12Gb/s SAS to PCIe 3.0 controller
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Supports eight-lane, full-duplex PCIe 3.0 performance
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Supports sixteen external 12Gb/s SATA+SAS ports
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Supports SATA link rates of 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s
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Supports SAS link rates of 3Gb/s, 6Gb/s, and 12Gb/s
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Provides sixteen x4 external mini-SAS HD connectors (SFF-8644)
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Supports passive copper cable, active copper cable, and optical cable
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Supports up to 1024 SATA or SAS end devices
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Offered with a full-height bracket and a and a low-profile vented bracket
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Provides one heartbeat LED
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Provides a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) debug/diagnostic port
3 Functional Descriptions
3.1 PCI Express Interface
PCIe is a high-speed standard local bus for point-to-point interfacing of I/O components to the processor and the
memory subsystems in high-end computers and servers.
The 12Gb/s SAS HBA supports eight-lane PCIe performance up to 64Gb/s single direction and 128Gb/s dual direction.
3.2 SAS-3 Interface
The Broadcom SAS 3216 controller chip contains the SATA+SAS functionality for the 12Gb/s SAS HBA with SAS
performance of 1200 MB/s per port in each direction.