
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller
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About the Adaptec RAID 5085
The Adaptec RAID 5085 is a SAS RAID controller with these features:
Form Factor
Low-profile MD2
Bus compatibility
PCIe
PCIe bus width
x8
PCIe bus speed
2.5 Gb/s
Phys (Unified Serial Ports)
8
Standard cache
512 MB DDR2
Connectors, external
2 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088)
Maximum number of disk drives
8 direct-attached (or up to 256 with expanders)
Enclosure Support
I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Output)
Onboard speaker
Yes
Battery Backup Module
Adaptec Battery Module 800/800T (sold separately—see
page 17
)
Mounting bracket
PCIe x8 connector
2 external SAS
connectors
Battery connector
Drive Activity LED
connectors for CN1/CN0
CN0
CN1
Diagnostic
LEDs
Activity
LEDs
Ext. Alarm
Mode 0 Flash
connector
Aggregate Activity
Audible Alarm