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ThinkSystem 440-16e SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA Installation and User Guide
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Chapter 1: Overview
The Thinksystem 440-16e SAS/SATA PCIe Gen4 12Gb HBA adapter, 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 devices
types.
The adapter provides the following storage interface data transfer rates:
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
440-16e
Ports
16 external
I/O Processor
SAS3816
Form Factor
LP-MD2
Storage Interface Connectors Four SFF-8644 x4
Host Interface
x8 PCIe 4.0
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
, and download the latest firmware and driver for the adapter.
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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
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