
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller
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About the Adaptec RAID 5805
The Adaptec RAID 5805 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, internal
2 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087)
Maximum number of disk drives
8 direct-attached (or up to 256 with expanders)
Enclosure Support
I2C and SGPIO
Onboard speaker
Yes
Battery Backup Module
Adaptec Battery Module 800/800T (sold separately—see
page 17
)
Mounting bracket
PCIe x8 connector
2 internal mini-SAS
connectors
I2C connector for CN1
Battery connector
Mode 0 Flash
connector
Drive Activity LED connectors for CN0/CN1
Ext. Alarm connector
CN1
CN0
I2C connector for CN0
Diagnostic LEDs
Drive Activity LEDs for CN0/CN1
Status CN1, CN0
Aggregate
Activity