The Fujitsu Futro S900 was built up to 2013, and only had one SATA port from the factory. [Jan] wanted to add another as this would make the device more useful as a network attached storage server.

Each channel (SAS port) transfers data at 3, 6 or 12 Gbps in each direction. In contrast, the consumer-oriented SATA interface has only one channel. The Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) is used for SAS ...

Maximum supported bandwidth is 48 Gbps. The serial link employs multiple high-speed gigabit transceivers. Automatically detects SAS and SATA drives.

With sophisticated architecture and advanced technology, KNiulink SATA/SAS transceiver IP with PMA and PCS layer is designed for low power and high performance application. It is highly configurable ...