Hardware user guide

4 Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS25KB0x0 and RMS25JB0x0 Hardware User’s Guide
SAS/SATA Features
• Provides eight independent phys, each supporting 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS data
transfers per PHY.
• Scalable interface that supports up to 244 physical devices through expanders.
• Supports SSP to enable communication with other SAS devices.
• Supports SMP to communicate topology management information.
• Supports single PHY or wide ports consisting of 2, 3, or 4 PHYs within a single
quad port.
• Allows addressing of multiple SATA targets through an expander if using SATA 2.0-
compliant hard disk drives.