Technical Product Specification

Hardware IntelP®P RAID Controller RS2PI008 Technical Product Specification

2.3.7 SAS / SATA Connectors

The Intel

RAID Controller RS2PI008 provides the external storage support through two

external SFF8088 SAS / SATA signal connectors.

Figure 4 SAS/SATA Connectors

2.3.7.1 SAS / SATA Connector Pin-out

Signal names are with respect to the host. The device connected to the host reverses the signal

names. Transmit pins connect to receive pins on the other device. The SAS / SATA connector is

keyed at pin 1. These pin-outs for the serial ATA connector are not compatible with the legacy

PATA connector.

Table 1 SFF8088 External Connector Pin-out

Signal Pin Signal Pin

GND A1 GND B1

RX 0+ A2 TX 0+ B2

RX 0- A3 TX 0- B3

GND A4 GND B4

RX 1+ A5 TX 1+ B5

RX 1- A6 TX 1- B6

GND A7 GND B7

RX 2+ A8 RX 2+ B8

RX 2- A9 RX 2- B9

GND A10 GND B10

RX 3+ A11 RX 3+ B11

RX 3- A12 RX 3- B12

GND A13 GND B13

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