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LSI SAS3008 9300-8I HBA card with two SFF-8643 ports

LSI

LSI SAS3008 9300-8I IT-Mode HBA 12Gb/s 8-Port SAS3 PCI-E 3.0 SATA/SAS

SKU CH-SZ52-9Z9EG

Adds eight 12 Gb/s SAS or SATA ports via PCIe 3.0 using an LSI SAS3008 controller in IT mode with two SFF-8643 cables included

  • IT Mode enables direct drive control for ZFS and unRAID
  • 12Gb/s SAS3 throughput via LSI SAS3008 controller
  • Eight internal ports through two SFF-8643 connectors
  • PCI-E 3.0 host interface with high and low brackets included

IT-Mode HBA for ZFS and JBOD

The LSI SAS3008 9300-8I operates in IT mode to present drives directly to the operating system without RAID abstraction. Eight internal ports connect through two SFF-8643 connectors using the included SATA cables. A PCI Express 3.0 interface links the SAS3008 controller to the host system. This card targets builders assembling ZFS, FreeNAS or unRAID storage servers that require direct disk control.

Replaces RAID controllers that hide drives

Systems using hardware RAID cards cannot expose individual disks to software-defined storage layers. Switching to this HBA removes that abstraction layer so ZFS manages redundancy and integrity natively. The upgrade is worth it when the workload demands checksumming, snapshots or pool expansion features that RAID firmware blocks. Buyers needing boot RAID volumes or battery-backed write cache should retain a dedicated RAID adapter.

Highlights

  • IT Mode enables direct drive control for ZFS and unRAID
  • 12Gb/s SAS3 throughput via LSI SAS3008 controller
  • Eight internal ports through two SFF-8643 connectors
  • PCI-E 3.0 host interface with high and low brackets included

Specifications

No published specifications for this item yet.

Questions about this item

Does the HBA include brackets for both full-height and low-profile slots?

The card ships with high and low brackets so it fits either a standard or a low-profile PCIe 3.0 slot.

What is the correct way to flash the SAS3008 controller into IT mode?

Boot a UEFI shell, run the LSI firmware utility with the IT-mode image for the 9300-8I, then cold-reboot; skipping the cold reboot leaves the card in IR mode.

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