LSI, Dell and Seagate First to Demonstrate End-to-End 6Gb/s SAS Server Interoperability
Posted on May 6, 2008
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MILPITAS, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — LSI Corporation
(NYSE: LSI), in collaboration with industry leaders Dell and Seagate, today
announced the companies have successfully achieved 6Gb/s SAS I/O throughput
and confirmation of data integrity in an interoperability demonstration.
The technology demonstration used LSI 6Gb/s SAS RAID-On-Chip (ROC)
controller ICs and 6Gb/s SAS high-port count expanders, performing
read/write I/Os, at full bandwidth. The end-to-end interoperability demo is
a critical milestone toward achieving a complete SAS ecosystem.
“A successful demonstration of 6Gb/s SAS interoperability by three
storage industry leaders will be a clear indication that product
engineering, validation and interoperability testing is progressing well,
and paves the way for production volumes in late 2009,” said Dave Reinsel,
vice president of storage and semiconductor research at IDC.
The demo environment validates RAID functionality, and shows advanced
interoperability and backward compatibility operating within a standard
Windows Server(R) OS environment. Interoperability demonstrations are being
offered by LSI in a hosted suite prior to the SCSI Trade Association SAS
Solutions Open House today at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif.
“To help accelerate the maturity of 6Gb/s SAS and deliver the enhanced
functionality customers need, it is critical for us to work closely with
our silicon and hard disk drive partners in early interoperability and
validation testing,” said Howard Shoobe, senior manager, Dell storage
product management. “We want to help customers by bringing end-to-end 6Gb/s
throughput as well as the security and reliability which come along with
this next generation of SAS.”
LSI engineers verified interoperability using a Dell prototype server
with the LSI SAS2108 PCI Express(R) 2.0 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID-On-Chip and the
LSI SAS2×36 6Gb/s SAS expander, and Seagate 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS and 3Gb/s
SATA hard disk drives. The demonstration showcases execution of I/Os –
both direct-connect and through an expander, at 6Gb/s speed. Read/write
comparisons were validated, confirming data integrity over millions of I/O
operations.
IT professionals will expect a complete ecosystem of servers, hard disk
drives, and IC and board components to be tested and broadly available
prior to wide-spread industry adoption of 6Gb/s SAS solutions. Proven
interoperability is a critical step on the path toward marketplace
deployment of a complete ecosystem.
Key new features and functionality delivered with 6Gb/s SAS include:
— Spread Spectrum Clocking to reduce EMI emissions;
— Decision Feedback Equalization for a more reliable link at 6Gb/s data
rates;
— Standardized zoning; and
— Self-configuring expanders
About LSI
LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is a leading provider of innovative
silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products, which
seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together. The
company offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and services including
custom and standard product ICs, adapters, systems and software that are
trusted by the world’s best known brands to power leading solutions in the
Storage and Networking markets. More information is available at
http://www.lsi.com.
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