Pci express sas sata 6gbitsec 8 port controller 8 x external sas sata 6gbitsec ports via 2 x sff 8088 connectors supports sas sata data transfer rates 1 5 3 and 6gbitsec compatible with the pci express base specification rev 2 0 compatible with the serial attached scsi 2 0 sas 2 0 specification compatible with the serial ata specification rev 3 0 sata 3 0 automatic detection of sas or sata drives supports sas multiplexing supports wide sas ports supports ncq