SAS and SATA Features
•Provides eight independent PHY, each supporting 3.0 Gbps and 1.5 Gbps SAS and SATA data transfers.
•Scalable interface that supports up to 8 direct attached SAS/ SATA devices or 8 logical devices.
•Transfers data using SCSI information units.
•Supports SSP to enable communication with other SAS devices.
•Supports SMP to communicate topology management information.
•Supports single PHY or wide ports consisting of 2, 3, or 4 PHY within a single 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
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