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

LSI

LSI SAS9211-8I H200 HBA 6Gbps PCIe 2.0 2× SFF-8087

SKU CH-1NMM-TZ8EQ

Connects up to eight SAS or SATA drives via two internal Mini-SAS ports at 6 Gbps

  • HBA IT mode firmware enables direct drive access for ZFS
  • PCIe 2.0 host interface provides 6Gbps SAS throughput
  • Two internal SFF-8087 Mini-SAS connectors support multiple drives
  • LSI SAS2008 controller delivers hardware RAID expansion capability
  • Includes two SATA cables for immediate drive connectivity

LSI SAS9211-8I HBA card

The LSI SAS9211-8I is a host bus adapter built around the SAS2008 controller. It connects to a host system through a PCIe 2.0 slot and provides two internal Mini-SAS SFF-8087 connectors. This card targets builders assembling storage servers for ZFS, TrueNAS Core or unRAID platforms.

IT mode firmware for direct drive access

The card ships with HBA IT mode firmware that presents each attached drive to the operating system without RAID abstraction. This configuration is required for software-defined storage systems that manage redundancy and data integrity at the OS level. The firmware choice decides whether the card suits a ZFS or unRAID build.

Two Mini-SAS ports support up to eight drives via

Two SFF-8087 ports accept Mini-SAS to SATA breakout cables, each cable linking four SATA or SAS drives. The package includes two such cables. The PCIe 2.0 host interface sets the bandwidth ceiling for all connected devices. Builders needing more than eight drives or a newer host interface must select a different adapter.

Highlights

  • HBA IT mode firmware enables direct drive access for ZFS
  • PCIe 2.0 host interface provides 6Gbps SAS throughput
  • Two internal SFF-8087 Mini-SAS connectors support multiple drives
  • LSI SAS2008 controller delivers hardware RAID expansion capability
  • Includes two SATA cables for immediate drive connectivity

Specifications

No published specifications for this item yet.

Questions about this item

What does the 6Gbps transfer rate mean once the card is installed?

The 6Gbps rate is the maximum link speed per SAS lane; with the SAS2008 controller and two SFF-8087 ports you get up to 6Gbps on each of eight attached SATA or SAS drives.

How does the PCIe 2.0 host interface affect throughput?

The card uses a PCIe 2.0 x8 slot, giving roughly 4GB/s of bus bandwidth so the eight 6Gbps ports can run near their limit without bottlenecking the host.

What does the card need to fit and connect drives inside a chassis?

It occupies a standard PCIe slot and provides two SFF-8087 Mini-SAS connectors; the included cables break each connector out to four SATA data plugs for drive attachment.

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