LSI PCI-X, 3 Gb/s, SAS, 8-port Host Bus Adapter SAS3800X-SGL Leaflet

APPLICATIONS
• High performance workstations
• Mid to high-end servers
• External and internal storage 

connections

TYPICAL USES
• Large-scale external RBOD enclosures
• Tiered SAS/SATA RAID arrays
• Mission-critical applications running 

from SAS drives

FEATURES
• 3Gbps per port
• 2 x4 external SFF8470 connectors
• Full-height HBA
• Connects to both SAS and SATA 

HDDs and tape drives

• Allows more than 122 total 

end-point devices

• Fusion-MPT architecture providing 

over 140,000 I/Os per second

• Supports all major OSes

LSI SAS3800X

3GB/S SAS 8-PORT HOST BUS ADAPTER

Industry’s First 8-port External
SAS Controller
The LSI SAS3800X card enables large-scale
direct attach storage (DAS) arrays through
eight external 3Gb/s ports, driving up to 122
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA
(SATA) devices.  The host bus adapter
supports large capacity external server
storage RAID and non-RAID enclosures by
connecting a 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz bus with
two external x4 SFF-8470 SAS connectors.
The SAS3800X demonstrates a significant
advantage over parallel SCSI in providing
2400MB/s external data throughput and cost
optimization of SAS and SATA drives.

Cost-Optimization of External 
Storage with SAS
As the first-to-market leader in SAS, LSI is
providing more bandwidth to cost-optimized
external drive arrays.  System integrators can
use the SAS3800X to build large-scale
storage array infrastructures that supports
both SAS and SATA devices.  By utilizing
lower-cost SATA drives for data backup and
SAS drives for mission-critical applications,
end-users will receive high-capacity, high-
performance data storage while enjoying an
interrupt-free high-activity environment.  The
performance advantage and cost savings can
be felt immediately when using the SAS3800X to
develop and tiered storage array.

Unsurpassed Host bus and SAS/SATA
Signal Quality
LSI has been the hands-down leader in serial
interface technology for over five generations.
The SAS3800X HBA leverages LSI’s expertise
in serial communication to provide superior
signal integrity over distances greater than 6
meters.  Security in data transmission over long
distances enables the SAS3800X to supply
more external storage applications without
needing a high- cost optical infrastructure.
Additionally LSI’s high-speed serial interconnect
expertise ensures an interrupt-free, READ/
WRITE intensive experience for end-users.

Array Management
Managing several drives in a storage array
can be difficult when running a mixture of SAS
and SATA.  LSI’s MyStorage management
software makes storage array optimization
easy. MyStorage fully automates the task of
deploying and maintaining server to storage
array connectivity.  From the most modest,
small-scale DAS replacement to and ambitious
data center, MyStorage keeps it simple.

Through an intuitive Graphical User Interface
(GUI), this powerful utility helps customers
manage storage quickly and easily.  Using
MyStorage, users can inspect and control all
LSI Logic adapters with point and click
simplicity.  A rich suite of tools enables remote
firmware update, drive monitoring, link
tuning, load balancing, path monitoring,
diagnostics and error reporting.  Altogether,
MyStorage delivers a complete set of
management tools that are simple to use.