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The SAS controllers support the ANSI Serial Attached SCSI standard, version 2.0. In addition, the controller supports the SATA II protocol defined by the Serial ATA specification, version 1.0a. Supporting both the SAS interface and the SATA II interface, the SAS controller is a versatile controller that provides the backbone of both server and
Each port on the SAS RAID controller supports SAS devices, SATA II devices, or both, using the following protocols:
•SAS Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP), which enables communication with other SAS devices
•SATA II, which enables communication with other SATA II devices
•Serial Management Protocol (SMP), which communicates topology management information directly with an attached SAS expander device
•Serial Tunneling Protocol (STP), which enables communication with a SATA II device through an attached expander
1.2SAS Controller Descriptions
The 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers are described as follows:
•The MegaRAID SAS
•The MegaRAID SAS
•The MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS
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