SAS9207-8E Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED – Host Bus Adapter

Avago SAS 9207-8e
8-Port, 6Gb/s SAS+SATA to PCIe Host Bus Adapter
Product Brief
Key Features
■■ 8 external 6Gb/s SAS+SATA ports
■■ 8 lanes, PCIe 3.0
■■ Low profile form factor design
■■ Two, x4 external mini-SAS connectors
(SFF8088)
■■ SAS 2308 6Gb/s SAS+SATA Controller
■■ Supports up to 1024 SAS or SATA end
devices
■■ Supports SSDs, HDDs and tape drives
Key Advantages
■■ Maximum connectivity and
performance in a low profile form
factor
■■ 8 lanes of PCIe 3.0 provides fast
signaling for high-bandwidth
applications and broad compatibility
with latest motherboards
■■ High performance with 6Gb/s data
transfer rates
8-port SAS HBA Provides High Performance for External JBOD and External
RAID enclosures
Overview
The Avago SAS 9207-8e host bus adapter provides high performance for 1U/2U mid to high-
end servers that connect to large scale storage enclosures. The SAS 9207-8e provides 8 lanes of
6Gb/s SAS matched with 8 lanes of PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0, 8Gb/s performance. Performance is
based on the SAS 2308 6Gb/s SAS IO Controller that highly integrates the latest enhancements
in PCIe and SAS technology.
The SAS 9207-8e has two (x4) external mini-SAS connectors (SFF8088) and provides SAS and
SATA data transfer rates of 1.5, 3, and 6Gb/s per lane and can achieve over 650K IOPs.
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 SAS portfolio includes MegaRAID^® controller cards, host bus adapters (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
Fusion-MPT architecture marks the next generation of I/O architecture designed to deliver
the highest performance available today while reducing time to market, integration, and
certification time. Fusion-MPT devices are high performance, cost-effective protocol controllers
that represent the newest system- level integration technology in intelligent I/O processors
from Avago.