Method and system for combining multiple SAS expanders into a SAS switch
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1. A Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) switch including at least three SAS expanders, comprising:
- a first SAS expander including at least three phys;
a second SAS expander including at least three phys;
a third SAS expander including at least three phys;
a first SAS wide port including at least three lanes, one of the at least three lanes of the first SAS wide port designateable as a connection request lane;
a second SAS wide port including at least three lanes, one of the at least three lanes of the second SAS wide port designateable as a connection request lane,a third SAS wide port including at least three lanes, one of the at least two lanes of the third SAS wide port designated as a connection request lane, wherein the connection request lane of each SAS wide port is operably coupled to a different SAS expander of the at least three SAS expanders.
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A first SAS expander including at least phys is operably coupled to a first and a second SAS wide port. A second SAS expander including at least two phys is operably coupled to the first and the second SAS wide port. The first and the second SAS wide port each include at least two lanes, one of each at least two lanes designateable as a connection request lane. The connection request lane of each SAS wide port is operably coupled to a different SAS expander.
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1. A Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) switch including at least three SAS expanders, comprising:
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a first SAS expander including at least three phys; a second SAS expander including at least three phys; a third SAS expander including at least three phys; a first SAS wide port including at least three lanes, one of the at least three lanes of the first SAS wide port designateable as a connection request lane; a second SAS wide port including at least three lanes, one of the at least three lanes of the second SAS wide port designateable as a connection request lane, a third SAS wide port including at least three lanes, one of the at least two lanes of the third SAS wide port designated as a connection request lane, wherein the connection request lane of each SAS wide port is operably coupled to a different SAS expander of the at least three SAS expanders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for combining multiple Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) expanders into a SAS switch, comprising:
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grouping a first SAS expander including at least three phys with at least a second SAS expander including at least three phys and with at least a third SAS expander including at least three phys into at least a first common wide port, wherein the first common wide port includes at least three lanes; grouping the first SAS expander with at least the second SAS expander and with at least the third SAS expander into at least a second common SAS wide port, wherein the second common wide port includes at least three lanes; grouping the first SAS expander with at least the second SAS expander and with at least the third SAS expander into at least a third common SAS wide port, wherein the third common wide port includes at least three lanes, wherein one of the at least three lanes of the first SAS wide port is designateable as a connection request lane, wherein one of the at least three lanes of the second SAS wide port is designateable as a connection request lane, wherein one of the at least three lanes of the first SAS wide port is designateable as a connection request lane; and operably coupling the connection request lane of each SAS wide port to a different expander. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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