Connects to SAS/SATA HDDs, solid state driver (SSDs) and removable media (DAS/JBOD) Support a maximum 128 SAS/SATA devices using SAS expander Serial Attached SCSI (SAS-3.0) compliant Hot-plug capability Support staggered spin-up, hot-plug and Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Support port multiplier Support ATA-8 microcode download for upgrading SATA disk drive firmware Support SES microcode download for upgrading enclosure expander firmware