SUPER MICRO Computer LSI 2108/2208 user manual High Performance, 6Gb/s SAS Interface

LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Configuration Utility User's Manual

High Performance

•Single PowerPC core at 800 MHz (LSI2108 only), 512MB Write Cache

•Dual PowerPC cores at 800 MHz (LSI2208 only), 1GB Write Cache

6Gb/s SAS Interface

•8-port SAS/SATA controller

•1.5 Gb/s, 3 Gb/s, and 6 Gb/s SAS/SATA data transfer rates supported

•Spread Spectrum Clocking supported

•SSP, SMP (Symmetric Multiple Processing), STP (Spanning Tree Protocol), and SATA (Serial-ATA) protocols supported

•SAS and SATA devices supported

•T-10 data protection

PCI-Express 2.0 / 3.0

•PCI-E x8 with a transfer rate of up to 8.0/5.0 GT/s per lane, full duplex

•End-to-End CRC (ECRC) and Advanced Error Reporting (AER) supported

Power Management Support

•Sleep and Standby power mode support for SATA

•Programmable SAS link power down

Network Communication

•I2C support for enclosure management and debugging

•UART interface for debugging

SFF-8485 SGPIO (Serial General Purpose I/O) Specification Compliant

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