Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- Sun StorageTek™ PCI Express SAS 8-Channel Internal HBA Installation Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Preparing to Use the SAS HBA
- Installing and Connecting the SAS HBA
- SAS HBA Specifications
- Declaration of Conformity, Regulatory Compliance, and Safety Statements
- Safety Agency Compliance Statements
- Safety Precautions
- Conformité aux normes de sécurité
- Mesures de sécurité
- Symboles
- Modification du matériel
- Positionnement d’un produit Sun
- Niveau de pression acoustique
- Conformité SELV
- Connexion du cordon d’alimentation
- Mise en garde relative aux batteries
- Couvercle de l'unité
- Mise en garde relative au système en rack
- Avis de conformité des appareils laser
- Périphériques CD et DVD
- Einhaltung sicherheitsbehördlicher Vorschriften
- Normativas de seguridad
- Medidas de seguridad
- Símbolos
- Modificaciones en el equipo
- Colocación de un producto Sun
- Nivel de ruido
- Cumplimiento de la normativa para instalaciones SELV
- Conexión del cable de alimentación
- Advertencia sobre las baterías
- Cubierta de la unidad del sistema
- Advertencia sobre el sistema en bastidor
- Aviso de cumplimiento de la normativa para la utilización de láser
- Dispositivos de CD y DVD
- Nordic Lithium Battery Cautions
- Regulatory Compliance Statements
- FCC Class A Notice
- ICES-003 Class A Notice - Avis NMB-003, Classe A
- BSMI Class A Notice
- CCC Class A Notice
- GOST-R Certification Mark

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.