SAS adapters for external storage
The following table lists the supported SAS HBAs and RAID adapters.
Table 24. Supported SAS HBAs and RAID adapters
Part number Description
Max Supported
(1 CPU / 2 CPU)
SAS HBAs for external storage
4XB0G88727 Lenovo ThinkServer 8885e PCIe 12Gb 8 port external SAS Adapter by PMC 3 / 7
4XB0F28703 Lenovo ThinkServer 9300-8e PCIe 12Gb 8 Port External SAS Adapter by LSI 3 / 7
RAID controllers for external storage
4XB0F28699 ThinkServer 9286CV-8e PCIe 6Gb 8 Port External SAS RAID Adapter by LSI 2 / 6
Options for the 9286CV-8e controller
4XB0F28702 Lenovo ThinkServer RAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 Key 1 per card
4XB0G45761 Lenovo ThinkServer CacheVault Data Protection Upgrade II 1 per card
The following table compares the features of the RAID controllers and HBAs.
Table 25. Features of RAID controllers and SAS HBAs
Feature 9286CV-8e 9300-8e 8885e
Adapter type RAID controller SAS HBA SAS HBA
Part number 4XB0F28699 4XB0F28703 4XB0G88727
Form factor Low profile Low profile Low profile
Controller chip LSI SAS2208 LSI SAS3008 PMC PM8063
Host interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Port interface 6 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS
Number of external ports 8 8 8*
External port connectors 2x Mini-SAS (SFF-
8088)
2x Mini-SAS HD (SFF-
8644)
2x Mini-SAS HD (SFF-
8644)
Drive interface SAS, SATA SAS, SATA SAS, SATA
Drive type HDD, SSD HDD, SSD HDD, SSD
Maximum number of devices 240 1024 256
Maximum number of expansion
units
8 8 8
RAID levels 0/1/10/5/50/6/60 None None
JBOD mode No Yes Yes
Cache 1 GB None 1 GB
CacheVault cache protection Optional (4XB0G45761) None None
FastPath Included None None
CacheCade Pro 2.0 Optional (4XB0F28702) None None
* In addition to eight external ports, the ThinkServer 8885e adapter has eight internal ports.
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