Supermicro SUPERO X10DRW-i - Introduction to the AOM-S3108-H8 Mezzanine Card (Optional)

Chapter 1: Overview
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1-8 Introduction to the AOM-S3108-H8 Mezzanine Card
(Optional)
The Supermicro AOM-S3108-H8 is a highly-efcient SAS controller mezzanine card
that offers a high level of performance in today’s server and storage environments.
This mezzanine card can directly support eight SSD devices and delivers SAS
data transfer rates of up to 12Gb/s. Designed for use on a Supermicro proprietary
motherboard, the AOM-S3108-H8 also supports Supercap (Note 2), MegaRAID, and
can run on Windows and Linux operating systems. Supermicro continues to be an
industry leader with the introduction of the AOM-S3108-H8.
Note 1: For SAS 3.0 support, be sure to install a mezzanine card with the
LSI 3108 controller built-in on the AOM PCI-E 3.0 x16 slot (J35). Refer to
Section 2-6 for more information.
Note 2: Supercap (PN: BTR-TFM8G-LSICVM02) is optional and needs to
be purchased from Supermicro separately.
AOM-S3108-H8 Mezzanine Card