LSI00205 LSI MegaRAID SAS 9280-8e SGL Low-profile MD2 8-Port Ext. 6Gb/s PCIe SATA and SAS RAID Card

$785.00

Low-profile 8 external port 6Gb/s SATA+SAS RAID card with x8 PCIe 2.0 host interface and support for LSI?s FastPath and CacheCade advanced software features
Highly scalable, with excellent IOPS and bandwidth performance when connected to approved external JBOD enclosures
Ideal for configuring external enclosures to drive high capacity cloud, security and HPC applications

Features

Eight external SATA+SAS ports
Two mini-SAS SFF-8088 x4 connectors
Low-profile MD2 form factor (6.6? X 2.536?)
512MB DDRII cache (800MHz)

Benefits

Superior performance
PCI Express 2.0 provides faster signaling for high-bandwidth applications
Support for 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA and SAS devices
Ideal for external subsystems using large numbers of SATA or SAS drives
Support for LSI Advanced Software Options including MegaRAID FastPath, CacheCade?, SafeStore?, and Recovery software
Low-profile MD2 form factor for space-limited 1U and 2U environments.

Specifications

Solution Provided	Eight-port external SATA+SAS RAID solution for servers requiring the scalability and flexibility to use up to 240 SATA or SAS devices in external storage environments.
Physical Dimensions	MD2 Low profile (6.6" X 2.536")
Connectors	Two Mini-SAS SFF-8088 external connectors
Device Support	Up to 240 SATA and/or SAS devices
Host Bus Type	x8 lane PCI Express 2.0 Compliant
Data Transfer Rates	Up to 6Gb/s per port
I/O Processor/SAS Controller	LSISAS2108 RAID-on-Chip (ROC)
Cache Memory	512MB 800MHz DDR II SDRAM
Battery Backup Unit	LSIiBBU07 or LSIiBBU08, an intelligent battery backup module option that directly or remotely connects to the adapter
Key RAID Data Protection Features	RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 6 RAID spans 10, 50 and 60 Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) Online RAID Level Migration (RLM) Auto resume after loss of system power during array rebuild or reconstruction (RLM) Single controller Multipathing I/O Load Balancing Configurable stripe size up to 1MB Fast initialization for quick array setup Check Consistency for background data integrity SSD Support with SSD Guard? Patrol read for media scanning and repairing 64 logical drive support Up to 64TB LUN support DDF compliant Configuration on Disk (COD) S.M.A.R.T support Global and dedicated Hot Spare with Revertible Hot Spare support ? Automatic rebuild ? Enclosure affinity ? Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays Enclosure management ? SES (inband) ? SGPIO (sideband)
Operating Temperature	Maximum ambient: 60?C (44.5?C w/iBBU)
Operating Voltage	+3.3V
Warranty	3 years, free advanced technical support, advanced replacement option
Regulatory Certifications	EN55022, EN55024, EN60950, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3; FCC Class A, Class B; UL1950; UL; CSA C22.2; VCCI; RRL for MIC; BSMI; C-tick
RAID Management	MegaRAID Management Suite MegaRAID Storage Manager? MegaCLI (command-line interface) WebBIOS
OS Support	Extensive support includes Microsoft? Windows? Vista/Server 2003/2000/XP, Linux? and more. Visit the LSI download Center for the most complete list of supported operating systems: lsi.com/support
MTBF	1,324,292 Hours
Ordering Information	LSI00205 (Single-pack)