Card in "OEM" version, i.e. delivered in a neutral box and with drivers to download from the LSI website (www.broadcom.com). She allows to to add 8 external SAS ports to a PC or server via a PCIe 3.1 (or higher) 8x (or 16x) connector.

Benefits :
SAS and Sata support.
PCIe 3.1 x8,
High performance, with transfer rates of 12GB/s and multiple SAS cores,
 
Description:
SAS 3408 controller.
8 external ports through 2 Mini SAS HD SFF8644 connectors each supporting 4 drives.
12Gb/s data transfer rate compatible with SAS 3.0.
Maximum number of devices supported: 1024 Sata or SAS HDD / 24 NVMe SSD.
PCIe 3.1 type 8x bus.
Form factor: Low Profile, delivered with Low and High Profile brackets.
Support for Passive Copper, Active Copper, Active Optical connectors.
Operating voltage +12V +/-8%; 3.3V +/-9%.
Power consumption 9.48W.
Environment: operation from 0°C to 55°C, Storage from -45°C to 105°C, RH 5 to 90%.
Lifespan greater than 4,500,000 hours.
Compatible with the following OS: Microsoft Windows , VMware vSphere/ESXi, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Citrix XenServer, CentOS, Linux, Debian Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and FreeBSD.
Card in "OEM" version, i.e. delivered in a neutral box and with drivers to download from the LSI website (www.broadcom.com). She allows to to add 8 external SAS ports to a PC or server via a PCIe 3.1 (or higher) 8x (or 16x) connector. High performance, with transfer rates of 12GB/s and multiple SAS cores, 8 external ports through 2 Mini SAS HD SFF8644 connectors each supporting 4 drives. Maximum number of devices supported: 1024 Sata or SAS HDD / 24 NVMe SSD. Form factor: Low Profile, delivered with Low and High Profile brackets. Environment: operation from 0°C to 55°C, Storage from -45°C to 105°C, RH 5 to 90%. Compatible with the following OS: Microsoft Windows , VMware vSphere/ESXi, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Citrix XenServer, CentOS, Linux, Debian Linux, Oracle