Dell 6 GBps SAS HBA - Manual (Page 5)

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Overview
The Dell PowerEdge 6 Gbps SAS HBA and Internal Tape Adapter cards are part
of the Dell Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) controllers solutions.
The 6 Gbps SAS HBA and Internal Tape Adapter cards have the following
characteristics:
• T10 SAS 2.0 compliance with 6 Gbps throughput
• Support for Dell-supported external SAS tape devices and RAID Bunch of
Disks (RBOD) connectivity (6 Gbps SAS HBA)
• Support for Dell-supported internal SAS tape devices (Internal Tape
Adapter)
• Standard half-length, half-height PCI-e cards
• Supported with PCI-e x8 link width
• Supported on platforms with PCI-e x8 and x16 connectors
• Communicate with SAS devices using 2x4 mini-SAS connectors
• Support for LT03 060, LT04, and LT05 tape drives
• Support for full hardware Transport Layer Retry (TLR), to improve
maximum tape throughput
• PCI-e 2.0 compliant to key features.