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
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Connectors
This section provides a description of the connectors on the SAS HBA.
PCI Express connector — The PCI Express interface has eight PCI Express lanes (in
two connectors) which provide possible host-side maximum transmission and
reception rates of up to 4.0 Gbytes/s.
SAS/SATA connectors — The SAS connectors are SFF-8087 mini-SAS x4 connectors.
PCI Performance
PCI performance features of the SAS HBA include:
■ Provides eight PCI Express PHYs
■ Supports x8, x4, and x1 link widths
■ Supports serial, point-to-point interconnections between devices
■ Supports lane reversal and polarity inversion
■ Supports PCI Express Hot Plug
■ Supports Power Management
■ Supports PCI Power Management 1.2
■ Supports Active State Power Management (ASPM), including the L0, L0s, L1
states, by placing links in a power-saving mode during times of no link activity
■ Contains a replay buffer that preserves a copy of the data for retransmission in
case a CRC error occurs
■ Supports the PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting capabilities
■ Provides quality of service (QOS) link configuration and arbitration policies
■ Supports Traffic Class 0 and one virtual channel
■ Supports Message Signaled Interrupts (both MSI and MSI-X) as well as INTx
interrupt signaling for legacy PCI support
■ Supports end-to-end CRC (ECRC) and Advanced Error Reporting