Features:
6Gb/s SAS-to-SATA Interposer Solution for 2.5? and 3.5? Hard Drives
External storage enclosures and RAID subsystems
Supports full speed SAS-2 and SATA 2.6 bridging functionality
Eliminates SATA affiliation issues
Drive Power and Spin-up control
SAS bridge architecture with active-active route aware
SAS switching between both host ports
Active-active multiplexing providing true dual-ported functionality for single-ported SATA drives
Two, fully independent 6, 3 and 1.5Gb/s SAS ports with speed negotiation and signal retiming/reconditioning
One 6, 3, and 1.5Gb/s SATA port with speed negotiation and signal retiming/reconditioning
Compliant with SAS-2, SATA 2.6, and SAT-2 industry specifications
Supports T10 Protection Information Model (DIF) and Sector Skewing
Supports non-512-byte sector-size block accesses (performs sector skewing with 512-byte sector- sized SATA HDD)
Supports multiple SAS initiators
Supports up to 64 queued commands
Enables single-ported SATA drives to connect seamlessly like native dual-ported SAS drives for use in enterprise storage systems using SAS expanders
Based on the LSISS2520 protocol bridge with embedded fifth-generation LSI AAMUX (Active-Active Multiplexer) technology