LSISASX28

LSISASx28 28-Port 3Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI Expander http://lsilogic.com/storage FEATURES I I 28 fully-independent SAS and SATA ports SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocol support – SSP target and initiator – SMP target and initiator – STP target and initiator www.DataSheet4U.com I Supports 1.5 and 3Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates I I LSI LOGIC’S SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI (SAS) EXPANDERS PROVIDE GREATER SCALABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, AND PERFORMANCE BENEFITS FOR NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE STORAGE PRODUCTS OVERVIEW The LSISASx28 is a 28-port 3Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander with an Integrated ARM processor for Enclosure Management and extended SAS SMP functions. This device offers enhanced Enclosure Services such as drive © Port independent auto-negotiation Ports are non-denominational – Initiator or target connect I Provides a low latency connection router with crossbar module to efficiently create and maintain connections Direct, Subtractive decode, and table routing methodologies supported Provides a scalable interface that supports up to 1024 SAS addresses Supports wide and narrow port configurations – Allows reuse of routing table resources across all of the PHYs composing a wide port – Allows any number of PHYs for wide port support I management and supports many options for implementing enclosure management, including a backward compatible interface to an external processor using existing code or implementing the internal processor using SSP target. Phy-based...