Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 29
About the Adaptec RAID 5805Z/5805ZQ
The Adaptec RAID 5805Z/5805ZQ is a SAS RAID controller with these features:
Form Factor Low-profile MD2
Bus compatibility PCIe 1.1
PCIe bus width x8
Data transfer rate 3 Gb/s per port
Phys (Unified Serial Ports) 8
Standard cache 512 MB DDR2
Connectors, internal 2 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087)
Maximum number of disk drives 8 direct-attached (or up to 256 with expanders)
maxCache SSD support 5805ZQ: 8 maxCache-compatible SSDs using any Solid State
Drive on compatibility list (2TB max); see www.adaptec.com/
compatibility
Enclosure Support I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output)
Onboard speaker Yes
Zero Maintenance Cache
Protection Module
Adaptec ZMM-100DB daughterboard (pre-installed),
Adaptec ZMM-100CC supercapacitor module (user installed—
see page 48)
2 internal mini-SAS
connectors
CN1
CN0
Mounting bracket
PCIe x8 connector
Mode 0 Flash connector
Drive Activity LED connectors for CN0/CN1
Ext. Alarm connector
Diagnostic LEDs
Drive Activity LEDs for CN0/CN1
Aggregate Activity
ZMM-100CC Supercapacitor
connector
I2C connectors for CN0/CN1
ZMM-100DB
Daughterboard