During our last SAS phy conference call, there were separate keys indicated for active cables (see 08-257r0). I am wondering what the implementation plan is. The keys provide no protection from plugging in a SAS 1.1 (legacy passive) cable and the phy's should work with the SAS 2.0 10-meter passive version, so what is the advantage of adding this key? I guess I am missing something in the planned implementation. Could someone elaborate?

Alvin Cox
Seagate Technology, LLC
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