
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller
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About the Adaptec RAID 31605
The Adaptec RAID 31605 is a SAS RAID controller with these features:
Form Factor
Half-size
Bus compatibility
PCIe
PCIe bus width
x8
PCIe bus speed
2.5 Gb/s
Phys (Unified Serial Ports)
16
Standard cache
256 MB DDR2
Connectors, internal
4 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087)
Maximum number of disk drives
16 (or up to 100 with expanders)
Enclosure Support
I2C and SGPIO
Onboard speaker
Yes
Battery Backup Module
Adaptec Battery Module 800 (sold separately—see
page 18
)
Mounting bracket
PCIe x8 connector
4 internal
SAS connectors
Battery connector
Activity LED Phys and connectors
F
E
Mode 0 Flash connector
Alarm connector
Aggregate LED connectors
D
C
B
Activity LED Phys and connectors
A
Activity LED Phys and connectors
F = CN3, CN2
E = CN1, CN0
Aggregate LED connectors
D = CN3
C = CN2
B = CN1
A = CN0
I2C connector for CN0
I2C connector for CN1
I2C connector for CN2
I2C connector for CN3
CN0
CN1
CN2
CN3