LSI 6Gb/Sec SAS x8 PCI Express (PCIe) HBA Card (1 x External SFF-8088 Port & 4 x Internal SATA Ports) P/N: 9212-4i4e / LSI00192

LSI SAS 9212-4i4e Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express SATA+SAS Host Bus Adapter

KEY ADVANTAGES
 - High performance with 6Gb/s data transfer rates
 - Connect to both internal and external storage arrays with one adapter
 - PCI Express 2.0 host interface drives superior system performance
 - Flexible SATA+SAS array support optimizes costs
 - Fusion-MPT™ Architecture delivers more than 290,000 I/Os per second

6Gb/s SATA+SAS Advantage
The LSI SAS 9212-4i4e host bus adapter (HBA) provides the greatest available throughput to internal server and external storage arrays through high-speed 6Gb/s ports, supporting up to 256 SATA and SAS physical devices. It bolsters server storage RAID and non-RAID enclosures by pairing a x8 PCI Express 2.0 host interface with one external x4 SFF8088 Mini-SAS connector and four internal x1 SATA connectors.

6Gb/s SAS technology enhancements, such as End-to-End CRC, power management, and hot plug support, combine to produce an extremely powerful yet dependable solution. Additionally, the T-10 Protection Model delivers early detection of and recovery from data corruption and Spread Spectrum Clocking reduces EMI reductions. Other new features include greater signal integrity and longer cables using Decision Feedback Equalization and support for more sophisticated SAS topologies using Expander Self-discovery/Self-configuration.

Flexible to Fit Your Needs
LSI SATA+SAS HBAs build upon previous generations of industry-leading LSI SAS technology, delivering performance and power saving advantages along with the added assurance gained from robust interoperability testing. Built to handle the constantly changing and complex requirements of enterprise storage, LSI HBAs effortlessly manage the need for larger capacity, greater density and scalability. The LSI SAS 9212-4i4e works easily with SATA and SAS, hard disk drives, solid state drives, and tape drives. It also doubles the performance of previous generation SATA+SAS HBAs and is optimal for driving cost-effective and reliable scalability in today’s data centers.

Low Overhead Integrated RAID Architecture
LSI Integrated RAID (IR) is a low-cost, hardware RAID solution made possible by Fusion-MPT™ architecture, which can achieve over 290,000 IOs per second. IR is a processor based RAID solution designed for systems requiring redundancy and high-availability where a featurerich RAID implementation is not desired or may be cost-prohibitive. The LSI SAS 9212-4i4e employs the LSISAS2008 controller to perform these RAID functions. By providing RAID at the hardware level, the host CPU does not perform RAID calculations allowing for more efficient system operation. LSI advanced Integrated RAID options include Integrated Striping (RAID 0), Integrated Mirroring (RAID 1), Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (RAID 1E), and Integrated Mirroring and Striping (RAID 10). By limiting the RAID configurations possible, Integrated RAID is one of the most affordable hardware RAID options available.

Operating System Support
The LSI SAS 9212-4i4e host bus adapter supports Microsoft® Windows®, Linux® (SuSE®, Red Hat®), Solaris®, and VMware operating systems. All OS drivers are backed by extensive testing and validation to ensure optimum system performance.

DATA SHEET
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