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Let MindShare Bring "SAS 3.0" to Life for You

MindShare’s SAS Architecture course provides a comprehensive understanding of the Serial Attached SCSI interface. The course covers all aspects of the standard, primarily from a hardware perspective, and compares the usage model of SAS with other enterprise interface designs. Practical examples of the discovery process, transactions on the link, and error conditions help provide a great introduction for those new to this material. MindShare’s established background in legacy platform design, coupled with a comprehensive understanding of the latest bus technologies, provides rich insight into the SAS design and results in a superior training experience. This course will provide the kind of in-depth information, example implementations, and practical guidance that will give your team a running start on working with SAS.

MindShare Courses On SAS:

Course Name	Classroom	Virtual Classroom	eLearning
SAS 3.0	3 days	3 days	Show Me
SATA 3.2 and SAS 3.0	4 days	4 days

All of MindShare's classroom and virtual classroom courses can be customized to fit the needs of your group.

SAS 3.0 Course Info

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
The changes made to SAS 3.0

Course Length: 3 Days

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
Introduction to SAS
Usage Model
Introduction to Architectural Layers
Application Layer Responsibilities
- Discovery process
Transport layer Responsibilities
- Protocols
- SSP and Error Handling
  - STP
  - SMP
- Frames
- IUs
Port Layer Responsibilities
- Call Center Model
Link Layer Responsibilities
- Primitives
- Address Frames
- Serial Support
- Connections
- Arbitration
- Protocol differences
- ACK/NAK Protocol
- Flow Control
Phy Layer Responsibilities
- 8b/10b Encoding
- OOB
- Initialization
- Resets
Physical Layer Responsibilities
- Differential signaling
- Inter-Symbol Interference and Compensation
Expander Devices
- Discovery
- Building Connections
- Connection Arbitration
- Zoning
SATA Support
- STP Protocol
- SATA Initialization
Changes for SAS 2.0 and 3.0

Recommended Prerequisites:

A basic understanding of SCSI is recommended but not required.

Training Materials:

SAS Presentation PDF handout
MindShare’s SAS Storage Architecture eBook, Author: Mike Jackson
Optional: SAS 3.0 Storage Technology eLearning course

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