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Modular RAID Controllers
Modular RAID 6Gb/s (SAS2.0)
4.3.1 Features
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Industry-proven MegaRAID
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data protection
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Flexibility for both SAS 2.0 and SATA II
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Advanced management and configuration suites
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60
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Optionally secured with BBU
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Offers advanced MegaRAID functionality to integrated LSI SAS
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12 V PCIe add-in card
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8-lane 5.0 Gbit PCIe host bus
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8 SAS/SATA ports
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Each SAS/SATA port supports SSP, SMP and STP
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Support for the following STP features:
– Addressing of SATA targets through expander
– Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
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Support of the following SSP features:
– Wide port functionality (2 or 4 Phys from a single quad port)
– Narrow port functionality (1 Phy)
– Compatible with SATA target devices
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2 x SATA connectors for internal hard disk drives, 1 x SAS lane each
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1 x Midplane connector, 4 x SAS lanes
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Hot-plug drives
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SGPIO interfaces for signaling of SAS/SATA ports
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Hardware XOR for RAID parity calculations
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72-bit wide 512 MB of DDR2 800 (with ECC)
4.3.2 Controller versions
Name Chip Cache No. of SAS channels
S26361-D3016-Ax LSI SAS2108 512 MB
2 for internal disk drives
4 for Storage Blade Connection