Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 33
About the Adaptec RAID 6405
The Adaptec RAID 6405 is a SAS RAID controller with these features:
Form Factor Low-profile MD2
Bus compatibility PCIe Gen2
PCIe bus width x8
Data transfer rate 6 Gb/s per port
Phys (Unified Serial Ports) 4
Standard cache 512 MB DDR2
Connectors, internal 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087)
Maximum number of disk drives 4 direct-attached (or up to 256 with expanders)
Enclosure Support I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output)
Onboard speaker Yes
Zero Maintenance Cache
Protection Module
Adaptec Flash Backup Module AFM-600 (optional; sold
separately)
Mounting bracket
PCIe x8 connector
Internal mini-SAS
connector CN0
Drive Activity LED connector for CN0
I2C connector for CN0
Aggregate Activity
Ext. Alarm connector
Daughterboard
connector
HDA mode connector
Diagnostic LEDs
Activity LEDs
(back of card)