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Comprehensive SAS Architecture eLearning Course
Instructor(s): Mike Jackson
Number of Modules: 16
Subscription Length: 90 days
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Course Price
$395.00 |
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Comprehensive SAS Architecture Course Info
What's Included?
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SAS eLearning modules
(unlimited access for 90 days) |
PDF of Course Slides
(yours to keep, does not expire) |
SAS eBook
(yours to keep, does not expire) |
Benefits of eLearning:
- Access to the Instructor - Ask questions to the MindShare Instructor that taught the course
- Cost Effective - Get the same information delivered in a live MindShare class at a fraction of the cost
- Available 24/7 - MindShare eLearning courses are available when and where you need them
- Learn at Your Pace - MindShare eLearning courses are self-paced, so you can proceed when you're ready
You Will Learn:
- The basics of the serial interface
- System topology considerations
- How connections are built and handled
- How the SAS infrastructure handles different protocols
- The responsibilities of each design layer
- How problems are reported and handled
Who Should Attend?
Our target audience for this class is design or validation engineers working on an RTL-level, chip-level, system-level or system board-level design. Although the material is hardware oriented, software engineers can also benefit from seeing the big picture.
Course Outline:
- Background
- SCSI
- Fibre Channel (FC)
- Serial ATA (SATA)
- Introduction to SAS
- Usage Model: Comparing SAS, SATA, and FC
- Introduction to Architectural Layers
- Physical
- Phy
- Link
- Port
- Transport
- Expander Devices
- Application Layer Responsibilities
- Transport Layer Responsibilities
- SSP and Error Handling
- STP
- SMP
- Port Layer Responsibilities
- Call Center Routing Model
- Link Layer Responsibilities
- Primitives
- Serial Support
- Connections
- Arbitration
- ACK/NAK Protocol
- Flow Control
- Phy Layer Responsibilities
- Encoding, OOB, Initialization, Resets
- Physical Layer Responsibilities
- Differential signaling
- Inter-Symbol Interference and Compensation
- Enclosure Services Management
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| Module | Length | | Chapters 1 - 2: SAS Motivation and Background | 55 minutes | | Chapters 3 - 4: Overview of SAS Layers; Device Types and Topologies | 52 minutes | | Chapter 5: The Layered Device Architecture | 27 minutes | | Chapter 6: SAS Initialization | 48 minutes | | Chapter 7: Discovery Process | 34 minutes | | Chapter 8: Application Layer | 24 minutes | | Chapter 9: Transport Layer | 49 minutes | | Chapter 10: Port Layer | 28 minutes | | Chapter 11: Link Layer Overview | 38 minutes | | Chapter 12: Link Layer - Serial Support | 27 minutes | | Chapter 13: Link Layer - Connection Management | 21 minutes | | Chapter 14: Link Layer - Arbitration | 31 minutes | | Chapter 15: Link Layer - Protocol Differences | 20 minutes | | Chapter 16: Phy Layer | 49 minutes | | Chapters 17 - 18: Physical Layer; Cables & Connectors | 43 minutes | | Chapters 19 - 20: SATA Support ; SATA Initialization | 63 minutes | | |
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