Interesting Find - IBM 12 port SAS Expander

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PigLover

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I noticed those last week too. Its a very curious item - a 12-port expander seems like a strange thing to even build.

Unless I misunderstand, it takes 1x 4-port 8087 in and gives 2x 4-port 8087 out, so its really only a net gain of 4 ports. Of course I guess if you have a 12-drive chassis it could be quite useful - but you can get a 2nd M1015 for almost the same price and have 16 ports net.
 
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mobilenvidia

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Do the input ports come via the PCIe port, wonder how this expands with no SAS inputs


Click piccy for item.

Description:

  • New. No genuine package.
  • IBM FRU 44E8796 LSISASx12A 12 port 12-PHY 3Gb/s SAS / SATA Expander Adapter Card
  • Features
    • additional 12 ports
    • RAID 0/1/10/JBOD via RAID Controller (JBOD only via IBM ServeRAID M1015)
    • PCI-E 8x
    • 12-Port, 3Gb/s SAS Expander
    • Supports 1.5 and 3Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates per port
    • Enables storage environments the ability to connect multiple targets and initiators through a switched device
    • 12 fully-independent SAS and SATA ports
    • SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocol support
    • Supports 1.5 and 3Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates
    • Port independent auto-negotiation
    • Ports are non-denominational
    • Direct, Subtractive decode, and Table routing methodologies supported
    • Supports wide and narrow port configurations
    • SATA/SAS HDD spin-up sequencing
    • Link activity LEDs on each phy
    • External interface support
    • Diagnostic capability
    • Individual phy power management
    • SGPIO (SFF-8485) support
  • Ref for more info http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/SAS Expander ICs/LSISASx12A/lsisasx12a_pb.pdf
  • Compatible
    • IBM ServeRAID M1015 PN 46M0861 46M0831 90Y4556
    • IBM ServeRAID MR10i PN 43W4296
Click to expand...
 
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