The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit global organization made up of corporations, universities, startups, and individuals. The members collaborate to develop and promote vendor-neutral architectures as well as international standards and specifications. SNIA promotes technologies related to the storage, transport, optimization of infrastructure, acceleration, format, and protection of data.
* The 2C Connector and Figure 3-4 images above are from SFF-TA-1002, which is the normative specification for this class of connectors. SFF-TA-1002, Protocol Agnostic Multi-Lane High Speed Connector, SNIA SFF TA TWG, www.snia.org/sff
Protocol Agnostic Multi-Lane High Speed Connector
SNIA SFF-TA-1002 is a versatile, high-speed, protocol-agnostic card-edge connector standard unifying high-density server, storage, and networking architectures by supporting PCI Express®, NVMe, EDSFF, and OCP NIC 3.0 standards.
Offering support for PCIe® 6.0/CXL® 3.2, Samtec's HSEC6-DV 0.60 mm Generate® High-Speed Edge Card Connector, Vertical is compliant to the mechanical and electrical demands of the SFF-TA-1002 standard. HSEC6-DV offers rugged Edge Rate® contacts optimized for signal integrity as well as optional weld tabs for mechanical strength. The connectors support x4 (1C), x8 (2C), x16 (4C), or x16 (4C+) implementations.
