Product Brief
LSISAS1068E
8-Port PCI Express to 3Gb/s SAS Controller
Extends 20 Years of SCSI Technology to Next Generation Product Platforms
for High Performance, Scalability, Flexibility and RAID Capability
Overview
The LSISAS1068E is a eight-port 3.0Gb/s Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) controller that is based on
the Fusion-MPT (Message Passing Technology)
A p p l i c At i o n s
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The LSISAS1068E complies with the PCI Express
1.0a specification and supports 8 PCI Express
lanes at 2.5Gb/s, full duplex, for an aggregate
bandwidth of up to 4GB/s. The LSISAS1068E
can be configured as a PCI Express x8, x4, or x1
device, supporting auto-negotiation among
those link widths. For example, if the LSI-
SAS1068E is configured for 8 lanes and is plugged
into a x8 connector that is wired as a x4, the
LSISAS1068E will automatically negotiate to a
x4 link width. The PCI Express architecture is an
industry standard high-performance, general-
purpose serial I/O interconnect utilizing a cost-
effective, low-pin count interface offering high
architecture and provides an eight-lane PCI
Express interface. The LSI SAS integrated
controller provides 1.5 and 3.0Gb/s SAS and
SATA data transfer rates per port and enables
Integrated RAID solutions in storage environ-
ments including servers, workstations, blade
servers and external storage systems. The
LSISAS1068E is ideal for today’s data centers
and leverages existing SCSI infrastructure for
investment protection.
Figure 1. sAs controller Block Diagram
Entry-level servers
– 1U/2U rack mount servers
Mid-range, high-end servers
Workstations
Storage subsystems
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F e At u r e s
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Supports 8 PCI Express lanes at
a transfer rate up to 2.5Gb/s per
lane, full duplex
Automatically negotiates PCI
Express link widths
– Supports x8, x4, x1 link widths
Supports PCI Express hot plug
Power management support
PCI Express software is compatible
with PCI and PCI-X software
8-port SAS/SATA controller
Supports 2, 3, or 4 PHY wide
SAS port configurations
Supports 1.5 and 3.0Gb/s SAS
and SATA data transfer rates
Port independent auto-negotiation
Compatible with SATA target
devices
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PCIe
Switch
x8, x4, x1 - PCIe Link Widths, 2.5Gb/s PCIe Bus
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PCIe
Interface
I/O
Processor
FLASH
(Up to 4MB)
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System Interface
Fusion-MPT Hardware Layer
NVRAM
LSISAS1068E
SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA
Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link
Core Core Core Core Core Core Core Core
bandwidth per pin. For investment protection
and ease of development migration, it retains
PCI compatibility by using the established PCI
software programming models, thus facilitat-
ing a smooth transition to new hardware while
allowing software to evolve to take advantage
of PCI Express features.
Fusion-MPT Architecture
LSI’s Fusion-MPT architecture provides
unparalleled performance, binary compatibility
of host software with LSI’s Ultra320 SCSI, Serial
Attached SCSI, and Fibre Channel products,
and significantly reduces software develop-
ment time. With advanced architecture, the
LSI product family can be quickly adapted to
respond to emerging I/O interfaces.
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Supports SSP, SMP, STP, and
SATA protocols
Supports SGPIO (SFF8485)
Flash and local memory
interface
RAID Levels
– Integrated Mirroring™,
Integrated Mirroring Enhanced
and Integrated Striping
– Zero Channel RAID (ZCR)
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Figure 2. sAs topology offers Flexible link configuration and redundancy
Server
Server
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LSISAS1068E
Controller
(8-Port)
LSISAS1068E
Controller
(8-Port)
GigaBlaze® integrated
transceivers
Fusion-MPT architecture
Gflx™ technology
636 EPBGA package
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os support
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Windows® Server 2003
Windows®2000
Windows®XP
Linux® Red Hat®, SuSE®
Enterprise Editions
Solaris SPARC® 9.X
NetWare®
SCO® UnixWare® and
Open Server
Aggregate
Bandwidth
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JBOD with 16 HDDs
LSISASX12A
Expander
LSISASX12A
Expander
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lsi.com lsi.com/contacts
north American Headquarters
Milpitas, CA
T: +1.866.574.5741 (within U.S.)
T: +1.408.954.3108 (outside U.S.)
lsi europe ltd.
european Headquarters
United Kingdom
T: [+44] 1344.413200
lsi KK Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Tel: [+81] 3.5463.7165
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