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LSI SAS 9206-16e PCI Express to 6Gb/s SAS HBA User Guide
October 2014
Operating System Support
3.2
SAS-2 Interface
The LSI SAS 2308 controller chip contains the SATA + SAS functionality for the LSI SAS 9206-16e HBA. The following
table shows the LSI SAS 9206-16e HBA 6Gb/s SAS performance.
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Operating System Support
The LSI SAS 9206-16e HBA supports all major operating systems: Windows®, Linux® Red Hat®, Linux SUSE® Enterprise
Server (SLES), Solaris™, VMware®, and FreeBSD®. Refer to
for details on the software versions
and device driver support.
NOTE
The LSI SAS 9206-16e HBA supports Oracle® Solaris 10, which provides
a built-in driver, so installation of an LSI driver is not required. For more
information on the Oracle Solaris 10 driver and installation, sign in at
the following Oracle link.
Contact Oracle support for Oracle driver or software support.
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LSI SAS 9206-16e HBA Characteristics
5.1
Flash
The LSI SAS 9206-16e HBA provides two 4 M x 16-bit Flash ROMs for storing the firmware and the BIOS.
5.2
LED
The two LSI SAS 9206-16e HBA heartbeat LEDs, CR4B1 and CR5B1, blink green to indicate that the HBA is capable of
general activity.
5.3
Connectors
This section describes the different connectors on the LSI SAS 9206-16e HBA. See
for connector locations.
PCIe Connector (J2B1).
The LSI SAS 9206-16e HBA supports a x8 interface. The PCIe host interface connection
is
through the edge connector (J2B1) which provides connections on both the top and bottom of the board. The signal
definitions and pin numbers conform to the PCIe specification.
SAS Connectors (J1A2).
The LSI SAS 9206-16e HBA supports SAS/SATA connections through J1A2 Port 0, Port 1,
Port 2, and Port 3, which are SFF-8644 mini-SAS HD, external connectors.
Table 1 6Gb/s SAS Bandwidths
Half Duplex
Full Duplex
Narrow port (one lane), 600MB/s
Narrow port (one lane), 1200MB/s
Wide port (four lanes), 2400MB/s
Wide port (four lanes), 4800MB/s
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