Hardware User's Guide

14 Intel® SAS Controller RS25GB008 Hardware User’s Guide
Array Performance Features
Table 4.
Specification Intel
®
SAS Controller RS25GB008
Host data transfer rate Upto 5.0 Gigabit/sec per PCI Express* lane
Drive data transfer rate Upto 6 Gigabit/sec per phy
Maximum queue tags per
dr
ive
As many as the drive can accept
Array Performance Features
Fault Tolerance
Table 5.
Specification Intel
®
SAS Controller RS25GB008
Power Conservation
• Staggered spin-up
• Lower power requirements
Drive Replacement
• Hot-plug
Fault Tolerance Features
Electrical Characteristics
All power is supplied to the Intel
®
SAS Controller RS25GB008 through onboard PCI
Express* slot via PCI Express* 3.3 V rails.
SAS/SATA ports 2x4 external ports
Physical and virtual drive
su
pport
1024 Non-RAID
Firmware 16 MB in reflashable flash ROM
Compatible devices
• 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SAS or SATA II drives including SSD
drives
• Non disk devices including expanders
• Can support drives of mixed capacity
Cabling Shared connectors for multiple drives
Enclosure management NA
Enclosure support Assumes one SEP per enclosure
Specification Intel
®
SAS Controller RS25GB008