SAS9211-8I Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED – Host Bus Adapter

Avago SAS 9211-8i
8-Port, 6Gb/s SAS+SATA to PCI Express Host Bus Adapter
Product Brief
Key Features
■■ 8 internal 6Gb/s SAS+SATA ports
■■ 8 lanes, PCIe 2.0
■■ Low profile form factor design
■■ Two x4 internal mini-SAS connectors
(SFF8087)
■■ SAS 2008 6Gb/s SAS+SATA Controller
■■ Supports up to 256 SAS or SATA end
devices
■■ Supports SSDs, HDDs and tape drives
■■ Offers Integrated RAID (0, 1, 1E and 10)
Key Advantages
■■ Provides state of the art connectivity
for servers and appliances with
internal storage and the ability to add
external storage
■■ 8 lanes of PCIe 2.0 provides fast
signaling for high-bandwidth
applications
■■ High performance with 6Gb/s data
transfer rates
8-Port SAS HBA Provides High Performance for Internal and
ExternalStorage Connections
Overview
The Avago SAS 9211-8i host bus adapter provides high performance for internal drive
connectivity in 1U and 2U servers and workstations. The SAS 9211-8i provides 8 lanes of 6Gb/s
SAS and is matched with 8 lanes of PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 5Gb/s performance to eliminate
bottlenecks. Performance is based on the SAS 2008 IO controller that highly integrates the
latest enhancements in PCIe and SAS technology. The HBA supports up to 256 SAS or SATA
devices.
The SAS 9211-8i has two (x4) internal mini SAS connectors (SFF8087) enabling a low profile
solution which provide SAS and SATA data transfer rates of 1.5, 3 and 6Gb/s per lane through
automatic speed negotiation that can achieve over 320,000 IOPs. Enhanced features include
T-10 Protection Information Model for early detection of and recovery from data corruption,
and Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) for minimal EMI.
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.