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N2115 SAS/SATA HBA for IBM System x Hardware User’s Guide
March 2013 N2115 SAS/SATA HBA for IBM System x Hardware User’s Guide
Operating System Support
3.2 SAS Interface
The LSI SAS 2308 controller chip contains the SATA + SAS functionality for the HBA. The following table shows the HBA
6 Gb/s SAS performance.
4 Operating System Support
The HBA supports the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server (SLES), and VMware.
Refer to: http://www.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/xseries/controllers/matrix.html
for details on the software versions and device driver support.
5 N2115 SAS/SATA HBA for IBM System x Characteristics
5.1 Flash
The HBA has integrated Flash ROM for the firmware and BIOS. The HBA provides one 4 M x 16-bit Flash ROM for
storing the firmware and BIOS.
5.2 LED
The HBA Heartbeat LED, CR1, flashes green to indicate that the HBA is capable of general activity.
Table 1 6 Gb/s SAS Bandwidths
Half Duplex Full Duplex
Narrow port (one lane), 600 MB/s Narrow port (one lane), 1200 MB/s
Wide port (four lanes), 2400 MB/s Wide port (four lanes), 4800 MB/s