Intel SASMF8I manual Sas

SAS	Serial Attached SCSI. A serial, point-to-point, enterprise-level device interface that
	leverages the proven SCSI protocol set. The SAS interface provides improved
	performance, simplified cabling, smaller connections, lower pin count, and lower
	power requirements when compared to parallel SCSI. SAS controllers leverage a
	common electrical and physical connection interface that is compatible with Serial
	ATA. The SAS controllers support the ANSI Serial Attached SCSI standard, version
	1.0. In addition, the controller supports the Serial ATA (SATA) protocol defined by
	the Serial ATA specification, version 1.0a. Each port on the SAS RAID controller
	supports SAS and SATA devices.
SAS Device	Any device that conforms to the SAS standard and is attached to the SAS bus by a
	SAS cable. This includes SAS storage adapters (host adapters) and SAS peripherals.

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