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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 34
About the Adaptec RAID 6445
The Adaptec RAID 6445 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) 8
Standard cache 512 MB DDR2
Connectors 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087) internal
1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088) external
Maximum number of disk drives 8 direct-attached (or up to 256 with expanders)
Enclosure Support SES, 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
1 external
mini-SAS
connector
CN1
Drive Activity LED connector for CN0
I2C connector for CN0
Aggregate Activity
Ext. Alarm connector
Daughterboard
connector
HDA mode connector
Diagnostic LEDs
Drive Activity LEDs
(back of card)