Summary
Microchip's SPCve and SPCv are part of the highly-integrated 12G SAS and 3G/6G/12G
SATA protocol controller family optimized for fabric-attached RAID storage system applica-
tions and SAS/SATA HBA applications. This controller family signicantly increases total
system performance, diagnostics, scalability and manageability.
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Data Center Solutions
12 Gbps SAS/SATA Protocol Controller Family
for Storage Systems
8/16-Port SPCv and SPCve Controllers
The SPCve and SPCv controllers each provide an ecient and scalable architecture that enables industry-leading system perfor-
mance. They provide application-programming environments that are compatible with other members of the Tachyon® SAS/SATA
controller family and Tachyon Fibre Channel controllers, enabling software leverage between controllers and protocols.
The controllers provide system designers with end-to-end diagnostics and error handling mechanisms to increase system perfor-
mance, availability and most importantly, manageability. Unique end-to-end features and algorithms can be achieved from host
to Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or Solid-State Drive (SSD) by using these controllers in combination with market-leading SAS/SATA
expanders, multiplexers and enclosure management solutions.
Features
Support
• Support for up to 4K SAS addresses
• Support for up to 8K outstanding I/Os
• Wide target mode support enables high-performance, front-
end SAS applications or can be used for host-host failover
coordination
• Support for wide-port initiator and wide-port target modes
• Hardware assist support for error recovery
• Verication, insertion and replacement of T10 Data Integrity
Fields (DIF) as dened by SBC-2
Highlights
• Enterprise-class system performance, availability and
manageability
• End-to-end system diagnostics and error handling mecha-
nisms from host to HDD
• Enables cost-eective secure data SAS/SATA encryption
solution across both HDD and SSD devices
• FIPS 140-2 Level 3-certiable solution meets the most
stringent data security requirements
RAID Controller Card Application Diagram
Connections
to SAS JBODs
4
4
4
4
RAID Controller Card
PM8073
SPCve 16 x 12G
Flash
RAID
Processor
Chipset
TOE
PM8032 Tachyon®
QE8
PCIe
FC
GE
SAN Connections 4
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Encryption
• IEEE 1619-compliant line rate AES-XTS for data at rest
encryption
• 256-bit key size supported
• FIPS 140-2, Levels 1–3 certiable
• Secure Key Encryption Key (KEK) management
• Support for 4M Data Encryption Keys (DEKs) and
eight KEKs
• KMIP-compliant key blob support
SAS/SATA
• SAS initiator, SAS target, or SATA HBA operation on a
per-PHY basis
• SSP, SMP, STP and direct-attached SATA protocol support
• A single SAS PHY supports up to 1.2 GB/s of bandwidth
• Initiator and target mode congurable on a per-PHY basis
• Hot-plug and SATA NCQ support
• SAS 2.1 optical support
PCI Express (PCIe)
• Eight-lane native PCIe-compliant 2.5 Gbps (PCIe 1.1),
5 Gbps (PCIe 2.0) and 8 Gbps PHYs (PCIe 3.0)
Support for Statistics and
Performance Monitoring
• Enhanced SAS error monitoring and fault isolation
• SAS topology monitoring and fault determination
High-Speed I/O
• Independent per-channel, selectable high-speed outputs
support multiple programmable levels of pre-emphasis
and output swing
• Independent per-channel, selectable high-speed inputs sup-
port multiple programmable levels of receive equalization
• Integrated resistive termination
• Automatic negotiation of link speed
• Decision feedback equalizer provides robust recovery of
12 Gbps SAS signals over lossy channels
T10 DIF
• Verication, insertion and replacement of T10 DIF as
dened by SBC-2
Test and Control
• Power and reset control
Congurable Peripheral Interfaces
• Interfaces for NOR Flash memory and SEEPROM
• Four Two-Wire Interfaces (TWIs) support variable rates up
to 400 kHz
• Two industry-standard 16750 UARTs
• Four SFF-8485-compliant Serial GPIO (SGPIO) ports
• 16 customer-congurable GPIO pins
Physical
• 27 mm × 27 mm 1071-pin FCBGA
Applications
• External RAID storage systems
• Host bus adapters and servers
Ordering Information
Order Number* Format Ports
PM8073B1-F3EI SPCve 16
PM8071B1-F3EI SPCve 8
PM8072B1-F3EI SPCv 16
PM8070B1-F3EI SPCv 8
*B1: Revision number; F3: package descriptor; E: Pb-free;
I: industrial temperature.