Intel® RAID Controller SRCSATAWB Hardware User’s Guide
4
•
Redundancy through:
— Configuration stored in nonvolatile RAM and on the drives (COD).
— Hot-swap support.
— Optional battery backup for cache memory. Controller provides fast or trickle
charges.
SATA Features of the 1078 Controller
•
Provides eight independent phys, each supporting 3.0 Gbps SATA data transfers.
•
Scalable interface that supports up to 16 physical devices and 64 logical devices via
expanders.
•
Supports SSP to enable communication with other SATA devices.
•
Supports SMP to communicate topology management information.
•
Supports single PHY or wide ports consisting of 2, 3, or 4 PHY within one quad
port.
•
Allows addressing of multiple SATA targets through an expander if using SATA 2.0-
compliant hard disk drives.
•
Allows multiple initiators to address a single target (in a fail-over configuration)
through an expander.
