SAS2 6G Connectors

Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) Elliott at hp.com
Wed Dec 9 13:12:04 PST 2009


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Only receptacles that support 6 Gbps over a 10 m cable are support to have
that key slot.	If the phy's ability to support 10 m cables at that rate is
questionable, then not including that key slot is safer.
A 10 m cable without that key leaves itself open to being plugged into
receptacles where it won't work reliably.
From: owner-t10 at t10.org [mailto:owner-t10 at t10.org] On Behalf Of Kevin D Butt
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:20 PM
To: t10 at t10.org
Subject: SAS2 6G Connectors
In looking at SAS-2 it appears that all external connectors that support 6G
are supposed to have slot 3 on the connector.  Likewise the cables are
supposed to have key 3 if they are for 6G (i..e, too long for 3G).  Yet when
searching for cables and HBA's on the web, we do not see any cables or HBA's
that have key/slot 3.
Am I missing an understanding here?
Thanks,
Kevin D. Butt
SCSI & Fibre Channel Architect, Tape Firmware
MS 6TYA, 9000 S. Rita Rd., Tucson, AZ 85744
Tel: 520-799-5280
Fax: 520-799-2723 (T/L:321)
Email address: kdbutt at us.ibm.com
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/



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