Express IBM 6Gb SAS HBA PCI-E (46M0907)

The PCIe small form-factor IBM 6Gb SAS HBA is based on LSI's SAS2008 controller and can handle medium- to large-capacity server storage applications by connecting an 8-lane PCI-Express adapter with one external x4 SFF-8088 connector and four internal SATA connectors. The IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter has the following specifications: Four internal SATA x1 connectors One external SAS x4 connector (SFF-8088) PCI Express x8 2.0 host interface SAS Controller: LSI SAS2008 6 Gbps per port data transfer rate MD2 small form factor High performance I/O Processor: PowerPC 440 @ 533 MHz uEFI support RAID levels : None (uses RAID as provided by external disk enclosures) Maximum endpoint devices: 512 Power consumption: 13.5 W The IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter has the following key features: Connection to supported internal and external tape drives Connection to supported external storage controllers Power management support Support for SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocols - flexible to optimize costs Environmentally friendly due to low power consumption LSI Fusion-MPT architecture drives more than 290,000 I/Os per second End-to-End CRC with Advanced Error Reporting T-10 Protection Model for early detection of and recovery from data corruption Spread Spectrum Clocking for EMI reductions http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0776.html?Open