16-port SAS HBA Provides Maximum Connectivity and Performance for External JBOD and External RAID enclosures

Overview

The Avago SAS 9302-16e 16-port, 12Gb/s SAS host bus adapter (HBA) provides increased connectivity and high performance for high-end servers and storage applications. The SAS 9302-16e HBA is based on the Avago SAS 3008 IO controller that integrates the latest enhancements in SAS and PCI Express technology and can achieve 2.8 million IOPS.

The Avago SAS 9302-16e has four (x4) external mini SAS HD connectors (SFF8644) and supports 16 PCI Express lanes that comply with the latest PCI Express 3.0 specification with 8Gb/s per lane in a single direction. The HBA also supports 16 individual SAS ports operating at 12Gb/s. The HBA is backward compatible with previous PCIe and SAS generations through automatic negotiation and provides SAS data transfer rates of 12, 6, and 3Gb/s per lane, and SATA data transfer rates at 6 and 3Gb/s per lane. Avago provides a complete 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.