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A3803-AMC

8 ports of 3Gbps Serial Attached SCSI in an AMC form factor.

Astek's A3803-PMC-03 is the first AMC.3 storage controller featuring both Serial ATA and Serial Attached SCSI initiator capability. It is also the first SAS AMC card with both VxWorks and LynxOS support.

Point-to-point connections for greater performance and reliability; and the choice of drive connect.

The Astek A3803-AMC-03 connects up to 8 lanes of PCI Express bandwidth to 4 lanes of 3Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) front panel I/O with an IPASS SFF-8470 connector. Internal AMC port connections provide 2 lanes of AMC.3 SAS/SATA (AMC Ports 2 and 3), and 2 lanes of SAS to Rear I/O (AMC Ports 19 and 20). These adapters bring enterprise class storage solutions to the ATCA and MicroTCA marketplace allowing telecommuncations and embedded computing systems to access up to 122 target disks with a single storage controller.

The SAS interface allows point-to-point connectivity for higher performance, increased aggregate bandwidth, and higher availability with dual ported drives compared to SATA disks. The integrated SATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) provided compatibility with inexpensive SATA disks and AMC storage modules.

Features

PRODUCT FEATURES

3Gbps per port, 8 ports
Connects to both SAS and SATAI/SATAII hard disk drives
x1, x2, x4 or x8 PCI Express (up to 20Gb/s bandwith)
LSI Logic’s Fusion-MPT(tm) architechture featuring over 140,000 I/O’s per second
Driver support for Windows (2000/XP/XP_x64/2003/2003_x64/Vista), Linux (2.6.9 and up), Solaris (8,9,10), and VxWorks (5.5/6.x)
3 year limited warranty

OS Independent Hardware RAID (0,1)

Integrated RAID (IR) provides the reliability and performance benefits of disk mirroring (RAID 1) and striping (RAID 0). Integrated MirroringTM (IM) provides data protection for the system boot volume by simultaneously writing redundant data across two to six disks. Integrated striping yields enhanced performance by aggregating the bandwidth of up to six disk drives. IR is OS-Independent and does not require the use of special device drivers.

Ordering Information

A3803-AMC Ordering Information

A3803-AMC-01	One-x4 External IPASS SFF-8088, 4 lanes to Rear I/O (AMC Ports 17,18,19 and 20)
A3803-AMC-02	Two-x4 External IPASS SFF-8088
A3803-AMC-03	One-x4 External IPASS SFF-8088, 2 lanes AMC.3 (AMC Ports 2,3) and 2 lanes to Rear I/O (AMC Ports 19, 20)

Specifications

t Bus Type
PCI Express supporting x1, x2, x4 or x8
Compliance
PCI Express 1.0a, PICMG Advanced Mezzanine Card.0 R1.0 ECN002, AMC.1 R1.0, AMC.3 R1.0
Data Transfer
2.5Gb/s (PCI Express x1)
5Gb/s (PCI Express x2)
10Gb/s (PCI Express x4)
20Gb/s (PCI Express x8)
Modes
Bus master DMA
AMC Payload Voltage
+12V
AMC Payload Power
8 Watts
SAS Bus
Eight 3Gb/s SAS/SATA ports
SATA
Single lane SATA I - 300MB/s
Single lane SATA II - 600MB/s
SAS 1.5
Single lane – 300 MB/s
Wide Port (2 lanes) – 600 MB/s
Wide Port (4 lanes) – 1200 MB/s
SAS 3.0
Single Lane – 600 MB/s
Wide Port (2 lanes) –1200 MB/s
Wide Port (4 lanes) – 2400 MB/s
Form Factor
PICMG AMC.0 Advanced Mezzanine Card
Protocols
ANSI SCSI Architechture Model 4, ANSI Serial Attached SCSI 1.0
Device Support
Up to 252 SAS addresses
Agency Approval
CE, FCC class A, UL Recognized
Environments
Operating
Storage
Temperature
0° to 55° C
-40° to +85° C
Relative Humidity
5 to 90% non-condensing
5 to 90% non-condensing

Software Support

OS Support
Versions
Windows
2000, Server 2003, Server 2003_x64, XP, XP_x64, Vista

RedHat Linux
RHEL 3, RHEL 4
SuSE Linux
9
Generic Linux Kernel
2.6.9 and later versions
Sun Sparc Solaris
2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10
VxWorks
5.5.x, 6.x

Support

WARRANTY

Astek host adapters are assembled and tested in world-class facilities to assure superior product reliability and performance. Astek’s host adapters carry a one-year limited warranty.

Photos

Full Size Faceplate

Mid Size Faceplate

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