SAS-9300-16P Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED – Host Bus Adapter Family

Avago Technologies SAS 9300 16-port 12Gb/s SAS
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Family
Product Brief
Key Features
n 16 external or internal 12Gb/s SAS +
SATA ports
n 8 lanes, PCIe 3.0
n 2 SAS 3008 12Gb/s SAS + SATA
Controllers
n Supports SSDs, HDDs, and tape drives
Key Advantages
n High performance with 12Gb/s data
transfer rates with full size form factor
n 8 lanes of PCIe 3.0 provides fast
signaling for high bandwidth
applications
For applications demanding high levels of storage connectivity and
performance, 16-port 12Gb/s SAS HBAs connect servers and appliances to
internal and external storage, achieving close to 2 million IOPS.
Overview
The Avago SAS 9300 16-port, 12Gb/s SAS HBA family provides increased connectivity and maximum
performance for high-end servers and appliances within internal storage, or connecting to large
scale storage enclosures.
The SAS 9300 16-port HBA family is based on the SAS 3008 IO controller, integrating the latest
enhancements in SAS and PCI Express^® (PCIe) technology. The SAS 9300-16e and SAS 9300-16i
support 16 SAS ports operating at 12Gb/s data transfer rates, and can reach close to 2 million IOPS.
The 16-port adapter family supports 8 PCIe lanes that comply with the latest PCIe 3.0 specifications.
In addition, these adapters are backwards compatible with previous SAS and PCIe generations
through automatic negotiation, and provide SAS data transfer rates of 12, 6, and 3 Gb/s per lane,
and SATA data transfer rates of 6 and 3Gb/s per lane. Avago Technologies provides a broad suite of
industry standard operating system drivers.
Avago Storage by LSI^™
Avago Technologies products serve four primary target markets: wireless communications, wired
infrastructure, enterprise storage, and industrial. Avago Storage by LSI offers the industry’s broadest
portfolio of storage solutions, backed by decades of experience and trusted by the world’s leading
server and storage suppliers. Avago provides the building blocks for storage solutions that help
customers understand, prioritize, store and protect critical data.
The Avago 12Gb/s SAS portfolio includes MegaRAID^® controller cards, HBAs, advanced software
options, Syncro^® shared DAS solutions and SAS storage ICs, including RAID-on-Chip (ROCs), I/O
controllers and expanders.
Fusion-MPT^™ Architecture
The Avago SAS HBAs are based on the Fusion-MPT architected SAS controllers, which implements
the Fusion-MPT (Message Passing Technology) architecture. Each controller features embedded
PowerPC^™ processors that help deliver maximum host CPU offload. The built-in intelligence enables
Avago to publish a single binary OS driver to operate any Fusion-MPT controller or adapter. This
architecture helps enable high performance, reduced software development, and faster time to
market.