RAID SAS 9380-8e High Performance 12Gb/s PCI Express SATA+SAS RAID Controller for External Storage Enclosures

Solution Provided

Eight-port external 12Gb/s dual core ROC-based SAS solution for data center, cloud, and performance-hungry applications using up to 240 SAS or SATA devices.

Product Description

Designed to deliver the performance and data protection capabilities required for the most demanding next-generation server and storage platforms. Offering up to double the data transfer rate of 6Gb/s SAS solutions, 12Gb/s SAS allows the SAS infrastructure to deliver bandwidth that can fully utilize that of PCI Express® 3.0 with a single controller card.

Physical Dimensions

MD2 low profile (6.6" X 2.536")

Connectors

Two mini-SAS SFF8644 external connectors

Device Support

Up to 240 SAS and/or SATA devices

Host Bus Type

x8 lane PCI Express 3.0 compliant

Data Transfer Rates

Up to 12Gb/s per port

I/O Processor / SAS Controller

LSISAS3108 dual core RAID on Chip (ROC)

Cache Memory

1GB 1866MHz DDRIII SDRAM

Cache Protection

Optional CacheVault Flash Module (LSICVM02) – Includes CVFM04, CVPM02, mounting clip, and cable

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
• 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&tm; technology
• 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)
• Databolt&tm; bandwidth optimizer technology support for compatible expander-based enclosures
• Shielded state drive diagnostic technology

Operating Temperature

Maximum ambient: Controller Card: 55°C, with optional CacheVault accessory (LSICVM02): 55°C

Operating Voltage

+3.3V, +12V

MTBF (Calculated)

1,203,345 hours

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

MegaRAID Management Suite

• MegaRAID Storage Manager
• StorCLI (command-line interface)

• CTRL-R (BIOS configuration utility)
• HII (UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure)

SSD Optimization

• MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 Software leverages SSDs in front of HDD volumes to create high-capacity, high-performance controller cache pools (Optional Upgrade)

• MegaRAID Fast Path Software provides high-performance I/O acceleration for SSD arrays connected to 6Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS controllers (Included)

Compliances

EMC: Class B-US (CFR 47, P15B); Canada (ICES-003); Japan (V-3/02.04); Europe (EN55022/EN55024); Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS 3548); Safety: EN60950

OS Support

Extensive support includes Microsoft Windows Server 2012/8 & 7/2008/Vista/2003/XP, Linux, Solaris (x86), Netware, FreeBSD®, VMware and more. Visit the LSI download center for the most complete list of supported operating systems: lsi/channel/support