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2 Sun StorageTek PCI Express SAS 8-Channel Internal HBA Installation Guide January 2009
Features
The Sun StorageTek PCI Express SAS 8-Channel HBA (SG-XPCIE8SAS-I-Z) is a low-
profile adapter that provides connectivity to a server’s internal disks. The SG-
XPCIE8SAS-I-Z provides eight-channel SAS connectivity for the Solaris™, Linux,
and Windows OS.
A simplified view of the board is shown in
FIGURE 1-1.
FIGURE 1-1 Sun StorageTek PCI Express SAS 8-Channel HBA
The SG-XPCIE8SAS-I-Z includes the following features:
Has eight independent SAS channels that support both SAS and SATA disks.
Has eight PCI Express physical layers (PHYs).
Is capable of 3.0 Gbit/s SAS link rates and 3.0 Gbit/s SATA link rates.
Provides field-programmable 2-MB flash ROM (contains BIOS, FCode, and
firmware) for booting in a Sun SPARC or Sun x64 processor-based host system.
Supports SSP, STP, and SMP as defined in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Specification, version 1.0.
Supports SATA as defined in the Serial ATA Specification, version 1.0.
Provides configurable drive spin-up sequencing on a per-PHY basis.
Simplifies cabling with a point-to-point, serial architecture.
Provides a serial, point-to-point, enterprise-level storage interface.
Is Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) 6 compliant.