The array card is 8I, and 8 disks can be connected through the data cable. If you want to expand more hard disks, you need a hard disk cage or a hard disk backplane. For example, if you want to expand to 12 disks, 24 disks, or 36 disks, you need a backplane.

SAS2008 controller: the first generation controller pcie 8X 2.0 bus bandwidth, with PowerPC 440 processor 533MHz main frequency

SAS2308 controller: the second generation controller pcie 8X 3.0 bus bandwidth, with PowerPC 440 processor 800MHz main frequency

9205-8I 9217-8I 9207-8I are all LSI SAS2308 chips, the appearance is the same.

9205-8I is the HP version, it supports IT pass-through mode by default, and can be directly connected to the SAS SATA hard disk through the data cable, suitable for home PC desktop hard disk expansion

The default array mode of LSI 9217-8I supports RAID0 1 10 and other array modes. Our shop has 9217-8I with IT pass-through.

LSI 9207-8I defaults to IT pass-through mode, which can be used directly when plugged into the motherboard. It generally supports home PC desktop hard disk expansion SAS SATA

9207-8i Sometimes after the driver is opened, the hard disk still cannot be seen in the management interface. This may be because the firmware version of the array card is too low, just a little upgrade.

It is the same in ESXI6.7, and the firmware must be upgraded to a high level before it can be directly applied to the hard disk.

 The power consumption of the card is 10W

feature

Product name: SAS9217-8I array card

Product model: SAS9217-8I

Interface type: PCI-E X8

The main chip of the product: LSI2308

Transmission speed: 6GB/S.

Mini interface: Mini-SAS SFF8087 connector

Internal SATA + SAS 6Gb/s port

8 channels, Express PCI 3

Two X4 internal Mini-SAS SFF8087 connectors

6Gb/s SAS LSISAS2308 controller

Integrated RAID (0,1 and 1E 10)

Ultra-thin design, supports up to 256 SAS or SATA terminal devices

Support SSD, HDD and tape devices

Fusion-MPT 2 architecture can reach more than 700,000 I/O times per second

Support mainstream operating systems, equipped with standard drive disks.