LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i -8-port PCI-Express 6Gb/s SATA SAS RAID controller. 2x SFF-8087 connectors.

Optional Cables:

SFF-8087 to (4) 7-Pin SATA Fanout Cable 0.5 Meter: $7 each
SFF-8087 to (4) 7-Pin SATA Fanout Cable 1.0 Meter: $12 each
SFF-8087 to (4) SFF-8482 SAS Fanout Cable 1.0 Meter: $20 each

Features

Specifications

Solution Provided Low-cost, green SATA+SAS RAID solution for high-density servers and workstations with the flexibility to use both SATA and SAS hard drives and solid state drives
Physical Dimensions 6.6" X 2.536" (Low-Profile)
Connectors Internal
Two X4 Mini-SAS SFF8087 (vertical orientation)
Max Number of Physical Devices Non-Raid: 64
RAID 0: 16 per volume
RAID 1: 2 per volume plus hotspare
RAID 5: 16 per volume
RAID 10: 16 per volume
RAID 50: 16 per volume
Host Bus Type 8-lane, 5 GT/s PCI Express 2.0 Compliant
Data Transfer Rates Up to 6Gb/s per port
SAS Controller LSISAS2008
Key RAID Data Protection Features
  • RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD mode
  • Selectable logical drive as boot drive
  • Consistency Check
  • Fast initialization for quick array setup
  • Native Command Queuing
  • Staggered spin up for SATA drives
  • Hot plug support
  • Global hot spare support
  • Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
  • Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
  • Single controller Multipathing (failover)
  • Load balancing
  • SafeStore Encryption Services
    - Instant Secure Erase
  • SSD support with SSD Guard
  • Automatic rebuild of hot spare drives
  • Auto resume during array rebuild
  • Fault LED support through SGPIO
  • >2TB logical drive support
  • Soft bad block management
  • Error recovery support
  • DDF compliant Configuration on Disk
  • S.M.A.R.T. support
  • Patrol read for media scanning and repairing
  • Enclosure management
    - SES (inband)
    - SGPIO (sideband)
RAID Managment MegaRAID Management Suite
- MegaRAID Storage Manager™
- MegaCLI (command-line interface)
- WebBIOS
Environments Operating
0°C to 70°C
5 to 90% Non-condensing
Storage
-45°C to 105°C
5 to 90% Non-condensing
PCI Card Type 3.3V Add-in Card
PCI Voltage +12V±10%
PCI Power 13.5W
PCI Modes Bus Master DMA
LED Indicators Internal
Activity/Fault per x4 port - Hearbeat
MTFB >2,000,000 Hours
Compliances EMC: Class B-US (CFR 47, P15B); Canada (ICES-003); Japan (V-3/02.04); Europe (EN55022/EN55024); Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS 3548); Safety: EN60950
OS Support Microsoft® Windows®, Linux® (SuSE®, Red Hat®), Solaris®, Vmware®. See www.lsi.com/support for details on versions.