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Green PCB controller card with two Mini SAS SFF8088 ports and PCI E 2.0 edge connector

LSI

LSI 9200-8e SAS SATA HBA network card 6Gbps PCI E 2.0 two Mini SAS SFF8088

SKU CH-ZAAG-FEVZ6

Eight-lane external SAS/SATA host bus adapter with two Mini SAS SFF8088 ports for 6 Gbps storage arrays

  • HBA IT mode firmware enables direct drive control for ZFS arrays
  • Two external Mini SAS SFF8088 ports connect up to eight SAS or SATA drives
  • PCI Express 2.0 host interface delivers 6Gbps per lane bandwidth
  • LSI SAS2008 controller provides reliable hardware RAID acceleration

External SAS HBA for ZFS and unRAID

The LSI 9200-8e is a host bus adapter built around the SAS2008 controller. It presents eight external lanes at 6Gbps each through two Mini SAS SFF8088 ports. The card runs in HBA IT mode with no onboard RAID firmware, making it a direct fit for ZFS pools, FreeNAS and unRAID arrays that manage redundancy in software. A PCIe 2.0 edge connector supplies the host link.

Low-profile bracket with two SFF8088 ports

The bracket carries only the two Mini SAS SFF8088 connectors, so cables run straight to external drive enclosures or backplanes without internal cabling. No ROM means the system BIOS does not pause for an option-ROM scan, speeding up POST on servers that initialise many controllers. Buyers who need internal ports or onboard RAID acceleration should look elsewhere.

Highlights

  • HBA IT mode firmware enables direct drive control for ZFS arrays
  • Two external Mini SAS SFF8088 ports connect up to eight SAS or SATA drives
  • PCI Express 2.0 host interface delivers 6Gbps per lane bandwidth
  • LSI SAS2008 controller provides reliable hardware RAID acceleration

Specifications

No published specifications for this item yet.

Questions about this item

Does the PCIe 2.0 interface limit the 6Gbps SAS throughput?

PCIe 2.0 x8 provides enough bandwidth for the eight 6Gbps lanes on the SAS2008 controller.

What brackets or slots are required to install the card?

The card uses a standard PCIe 2.0 slot and has two Mini SAS SFF-8088 ports for external cables.

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