Inspur 3408 Series, Configuration Manual

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Introduction
This chapter describes the appearance, features, and functions of Inspur 12 G SAS
RAID controller cards. For information about 9440/9460 series, refer to the
datasheet on Broadcom website.
2.1
About Inspur SAS3408IT
Inspur SAS3408IT SAS controller card is a cost-effective SAS solution designed
specifically to provide external drive storage and JBOD expansion capabilities for
servers. Refer to the figure below for its appearance.
Figure 2-1 SAS3408IT SAS Controller Card
Inspur SAS3408IT SAS controller card uses the SAS3408 IO controller from
Broadcom, with OCP 2.0 and PCIe 3.0 x8 interfaces and a powerful I/O storage
engine. It can transparently execute all data verification and recovery tasks.
Inspur SAS3408IT SAS controller card supports:
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None of the RAID levels
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PCIe 3.0 x8 interfaces to deliver a bandwidth rate up to 8 Gbit/s
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Eight SAS/SATA ports for drive storage
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Two directly connected PCIe x4 NVMe drives
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Connection to a maximum of 24 SAS/SATA drives or 24 NVMe drives
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Hot-swap drives