Broadcom 96 Series User Manual

Broadcom 96xx User Guide Broadcom
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96xx PCIe 4.0, 24G SAS MegaRAID
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and eHBA Tri-Mode Storage Adapters
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Microsoft Windows
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VMware vSphere/ESXi
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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SuSE Linux
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Ubuntu Linux
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Citrix XenServer
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CentOS Linux
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Debian Linux
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Oracle Enterprise Linux
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Fedora
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FreeBSD
The firmware and drivers are routinely updated and made available on the Broadcom Support and Download center. Visit
http://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search and download the latest firmware and driver for the adapter.
PCIe Host Interface
The adapter’s PCIe 4.0 host interface provides maximum transmission and reception rates of up to 128 GT/s (16GB/s per
lane). The tri-mode controller uses a packet-based communication protocol to communicate over the serial interconnect.
Other PCIe host interface features include the following:
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Eight-lane or 16-lane PCIe host interface
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PCIe Hot-Plug
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Power management:
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Supports the PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification Revision 1.2
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Supports Active State Power Management, including the L0 states, by placing links in a power-saving mode during
times of no link activity
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Error handling
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High bandwidth per pin with low overhead and low latency
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Lane reversal and polarity inversion
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Single-phy (one-lane) link transfer rate of 16 GT/s, 8 GT/s, 5 GT/s, and 2.5 GT/s in each direction
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Eight-lane aggregate bandwidth of up to 16GB/s (16,000 MB/s)
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Sixteen-lane aggregate bandwidth of up to 32GB/s (32,000 MB/s)
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Support for x16, x8, x4, x2, and x1 link widths
LED Management
The internal adapters offer LED management support for SAS/SATA backplanes and (PCIe) NVMe backplanes. External
connect adapters offer enclosure LED management support for enclosure implementations through SES. See Backplane
Management for more information.
Tri-Mode Storage Interface Features
The adapter’s storage interface supports concurrent operation with SAS, SATA, and PCIe (NVMe) devices to provide a
fully functional solution for any storage environment.
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PCIe (NVMe) interface features:
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Up to sixteen x1, eight x2, or four x4 NVMe direct-attach drive support
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Data transfer at 16 GT/s, 8 GT/s, 5 GT/s, and 2.5 GT/s
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Independent resets and configuration
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Common reference clock and separate reference clock independent SSC (SRIS) support
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SAS features:
Broadcom 96xx-MR-HBA-Tri-Mode-UG108
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Broadcom 96 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Broadcom
Model	96 Series
Category	Adapter
Language	English