The device is a 24-port SAS Expander device featuring low latency connection arbitration, table routing, arbitrary SAS wide ports, SAS SSP/STP targets, integrated RISC processor for SAS SMP functions and SES support.
All target ports support spin-up control and the STP bridge function allowing either a SAS or SATA target device to be attached. The device supports table routing of up to 1024 entries, direct routing and subtractive routing methods. The non-blocking crossbar in the data path allows any-port to any-port connections including arbitrary wide port configurations. The device provides three multi-master TWI interfaces with independent reset for device configuration or control of peripheral devices. One UART interface is provided for debugging support.

This item typically retails for between $100-150.