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PCI Express to 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Host Bus Adapters User Guide
May 2013 Introduction
SAS Features
1.2 SAS Features
This section lists the SAS features of the LSI 6Gb/s SAS HBAs:
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Supports serial SCSI protocol (SSP), serial ATA tunneling protocol (STP), and serial management protocol (SMP), as
defined in the
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Specification , version 2.0.
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Supports SATA, as defined in the Serial ATA Specification , version 3.0.
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Provides configurable drive spin-up sequencing on a per-phy basis.
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Simplifies cabling with a point-to-point, serial architecture.
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Provides smaller and thinner cables that promote unrestricted airflow.
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Provides a serial, point-to-point, enterprise-level storage interface.
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Transfers data using SCSI information units.
Table 1 LSI PCIe-to-SAS HBA Specification Details
LSI PCIe-to-SAS HBA Model Controller
PCIe Interface Phys PCI Express Specification Revision SAS/SATA Interface Phys
x4 x8 x16 2.0, 5Gb/s 3.0, 8Gb/s x4 x8 x16
LSISAS9200-8e HBA Characteristics LSISAS2008 x x x
LSISAS9210-8i HBA Characteristics LSISAS2008 x x x
LSISAS9211-4i HBA Characteristics LSISAS2004 x x x
LSISAS9211-8i HBA Characteristics LSISAS2008 x x x
LSISAS9212-4i4e HBA Characteristics LSISAS2008 x x x
LSISAS9200-16e HBA Characteristics LSISAS2116 x x x
LSISAS9201-16e HBA Characteristics LSISAS2116 x x x
LSISAS9201-16i HBA Characteristics LSISAS2116 x x x
LSISAS9202-16e HBA Characteristics
a LSISAS2008 x x x
LSISAS9205-8e HBA Characteristics LSISAS2308 x x x
LSISAS9207-8e HBA Characteristics LSISAS2308 x x x
LSISAS9207-8i HBA Characteristics LSISAS2308 x x x
LSISAS9208-8i HBA Characteristics LSISAS2308 x x x
LSISAS9207-4i4e HBA Characteristics LSISAS2308 x x x
LSISAS9217-8i HBA Characteristics LSISAS2308 x x x
LSISAS9218-8i HBA Characteristics LSISAS2308 x x x
LSISAS9217-4i4e HBA Characteristics LSISAS2308 x x x
LSISAS9206-16e HBA Characteristics
b LSISAS2308 x x x
a. The LSISAS9202-16e HBA uses two LSISAS2008 controller chips.
b. The LSISAS9206-16e HBA uses two LSISAS2308 controller chips.