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Green circuit board with two silver SFF-8087 ports and gold PCIe edge connector

LSI

LSI SAS9200-8i SAS HBA PCIe 2.0 6Gbps 2× SFF-8087 2 SATA cables

SKU CH-EKEC-SQWHM

Eight-port SAS host bus adapter with two internal Mini-SAS SFF-8087 connectors and two SATA cables, running HBA IT-mode firmware for ZFS, TrueNAS Core and unRAID

  • IT-mode firmware enables direct drive control for ZFS pools
  • PCIe 2.0 host interface provides 6 Gbps SAS bandwidth
  • Dual SFF-8087 ports connect up to eight drives internally
  • LSI SAS2008 controller handles RAID expansion without hardware RAID overhead
  • Includes two SATA cables for immediate drive attachment

Eight-port SAS host bus adapter

The LSI SAS9200-8i is an eight-port SAS host bus adapter built around the SAS2008 controller. It targets builders of ZFS, TrueNAS Core or unRAID storage servers who need direct drive access without hardware RAID abstraction.

PCIe 2.0 x8 host interface

The card installs in a PCIe 2.0 x8 slot and presents two internal SFF-8087 Mini-SAS connectors. Each connector breaks out to four 6 Gbps SAS or SATA lanes, giving eight device ports in total.

Includes two SFF-8087 to SATA cables

Two breakout cables are supplied so the Mini-SAS ports can connect directly to standard SATA drive backplanes or hot-swap bays. The HBA firmware runs in IT mode, exposing every attached disk to the operating system for software RAID or filesystem management.

Highlights

  • IT-mode firmware enables direct drive control for ZFS pools
  • PCIe 2.0 host interface provides 6 Gbps SAS bandwidth
  • Dual SFF-8087 ports connect up to eight drives internally
  • LSI SAS2008 controller handles RAID expansion without hardware RAID overhead
  • Includes two SATA cables for immediate drive attachment

Specifications

No published specifications for this item yet.

Questions about this item

What does the 6Gbps SAS rate actually deliver inside a server?

The SAS2008 controller runs each lane at 6Gbps, so eight SATA or SAS drives connected through the two SFF-8087 ports can each sustain up to that speed, limited only by the drive itself.

How does the PCIe 2.0 host interface affect total throughput?

Eight lanes of PCIe 2.0 provide roughly 4GB/s of bus bandwidth, which is enough for all eight 6Gbps ports to operate simultaneously without bottleneck.

What physical space and connectors are required to install the card?

A standard PCIe x8 slot accepts the card, and the two SFF-8087 mini-SAS headers on the bracket take the included SATA breakout cables for internal drive connections.

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