Lenovo ThinkSystem 440-16i, Installation And User Manual

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© Copyright Lenovo 2020 ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb Internal HBA Installation and User
Guide
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Chapter 1: Overview
The ThinkSystem 440-16i SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb internal HBA, based on the SAS3816 controller, is a high-
performance PCIe-to-SATA/SAS storage adapter. The SerDes technology enables operation of SAS and SATA storage
devices in a single drive bay. A single controller can operate in all two modes concurrently: SAS and SATA. The adapter
negotiates between the speeds and the protocols to recognize and concurrently interface with these two storage device
types:
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SAS data transfer rates of 12Gb/s, 6Gb/s, and 3Gb/s per phy
 SATA transfer rates at 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s per phy
The following table summarizes key adapter features.
Table 1 Adapter Features
Adapter 440-16i
Ports 16 internal
I/O Processor SAS3816
Form Factor Custom
Storage Interface Connectors Four SFF-8654 x4
Host Interface
SFF-8654 x8
Storage Interface SAS and SATA
1.1 Operating System Support
The adapter supports the operating systems in the following list.
 Microsoft Windows
 VMware vSphere/ESXi

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 SuSE Linux

Ubuntu Linux

Citrix XenServer
 CentOS Linux

Debian Linux

Oracle Enterprise Linux
 Fedora

FreeBSD
Visit http://support.lenovo.com , and download the latest firmware and driver for the adapter.
1.2 PCIe Host Interface
The adapter’s PCIe 4.0 host interface provides maximum transmission and reception rates of up to 128 GT/s (16 Gb/s per
lane). The controller uses a packet-based communication protocol to communicate over the serial interconnect. Other
PCIe host interface features include the following:
 Eight-lane PCIe host interface